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JAMES GEORGE LAFLEUR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – May 30, 1968
Service recordJames George Lafleur, of Middletown, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 17
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Middletown, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 17
- MARSHALL D JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1968
- CLARENCE JONESSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- MICHAEL ARNOLD JOSEPHSergeant · May 30, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM KEMPPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
From Middletown
- DAVID EDWARD DUMONDSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
- ERNEST ROSADO SRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT LEE ANDERSONCorporal · May 23, 1969
- JOHN AZEL RINGHOLMCorporal · June 24, 1970
- KARL WILLIAM TITUSSpecialist Five · October 2, 1970
- JAMES VINCENT DRAGONESergeant · December 23, 1970
- DENNIS MICHAEL HOTALINGSpecialist Four · March 23, 1971
- DAVID DONALD STOVERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1972
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.