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KERMIT HAROLD LABELLE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1948 – July 28, 1967
Service recordKermit Harold Labelle JR, of Fairbanks, Alaska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 9 MAR
- Born
- December 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairbanks, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 12
- JOHN R EVANSSergeant · July 28, 1967
- ROBERT OMER GAGNEFirst Lieutenant · July 28, 1967
- MANUEL MENDEZ GARCIA JRLance Corporal · July 28, 1967
- GERALD BRICE KEENESecond Lieutenant · July 28, 1967
From Fairbanks
- ROBERT EDWARD LEESpecialist Four · February 17, 1966
- WAYNE ELMER JONESChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 17, 1967
- DAVID REESE YOUNG JRSecond Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- DAVID LYNN FERRYSpecialist Five · August 22, 1968
- WILLIAM STEVEN CHILDERSWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1969
- PATRICK M MCINERNEYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- GILBERT KETZLER JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 1969
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.