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LANCE LAGRANGE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
March 9, 1945 – July 2, 1968
Service recordLance Lagrange, of Maspeth, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 2, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 37
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Maspeth, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 37
- EDWARD E HENDERSON JRSergeant · July 2, 1968
- ALFRED JOSEPH HOLTZ JRStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1968
- BARRY DOUGLAS JENKINSPrivate · July 2, 1968
- CARL B MELLINGER JRSergeant · July 2, 1968
From Maspeth
- THOMAS PAUL CIBOROWSKIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- ERWIN BEEKSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN GILLEYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL PHILIP PELLEGRINOSeaman · February 20, 1968
- ALLAN STANLEY MAJORAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
- THOMAS PATRICK NOONAN JRLance Corporal · February 5, 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.