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LANNY GUY LADOUCEUR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 15, 1946 – May 19, 1970
Service recordLanny Guy Ladouceur, of Rensselaer, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1970, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 65
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Rensselaer, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1970; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 65
- THOMAS WAYNE JOHNSONCorporal · May 19, 1970
- ROGER THOMAS LAGODZINSKIStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1970
- BOBBY JOE LEMONSSergeant · May 19, 1970
- JACK THOMAS NEGUSSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE HERRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 64
- JOHN SPURGEON SPREWELLCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 67
- LARRY EVANS STONESpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 67
From Rensselaer
- RAYMOND ANTHONY RANELLUCCIPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE CUMMINGS JRSpecialist Six · September 17, 1966
- WILLIAM VINCENT SHORTSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- ARTHUR PAUL KONEVALPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORE JRSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- KENNETH EARLSTON OLIVERCorporal · August 12, 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.