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JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1946 – July 31, 1967
Service recordJoseph Everett Lavigne, of New Britain, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 31, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- November 12, 1946
- Home of record
- New Britain, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 55
- RICHARD LOUIS ERTLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE HARTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1967
- JOSEPH HARGROVE MIDGYETTEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY NOELPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
From New Britain
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- RICHARD EARL CHABOTLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR GILBREATHPetty Officer Third Class · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID SMITHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
- WALTER EARL BENTLEYCorporal · November 1, 1967
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.