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JON PATRICK LAFRANCE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1944 – December 29, 1968
Service recordJon Patrick Lafrance, of Overland Park, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 5
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 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Overland Park, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 5
- CLIFFORD RAYMOND JONES JRFirst Sergeant · December 29, 1968
- WILLIAM DOYLE KINDLESergeant · December 29, 1968
- BARRY DEAN KINGMANFirst Lieutenant · December 29, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH MORRISSEYCorporal · December 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD RAYMOND JONES JRFirst Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 5
- WILLIAM DOYLE KINDLESergeant · Panel 35W, Line 5
- MICHAEL CARR SPOTSWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 6
From Overland Park
- DANIEL L SHERMANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
- ALLAN HERBERT MACDONALDSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
- JACK DENNIS RENFROLieutenant · November 7, 1966
- WILLIAM SHELTON MORTIBOYCorporal · April 1, 1967
- JEFFERY CLARK MCTEERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- KURTIS NOLAN CHAPMANLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH MERYSSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- CLARENCE HENRY BOOLINSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- CHARLES BUTNER WALKER JRLance Corporal · September 3, 1969
- DAN L F COOMBS IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1970
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.