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LARRY JOHN LAPOINT
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 7, 1944 – August 18, 1968
Service recordLarry John Lapoint, of Sulphur, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 18, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 44
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Sulphur, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 44
- RANDOLPH CHARLES KETTSergeant · August 18, 1968
- JAMES CLYDE KRAYNAKSergeant · August 18, 1968
- KENNETH LIONEL KROMSergeant · August 18, 1968
- FRED EMERY LANDSergeant · August 18, 1968
From Sulphur
- TERRY LEE ELLENDERCorporal · April 8, 1967
- RUSSELL ELWARD PAGELance Corporal · June 21, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- DOUGLAS JOSEPH CRADEURSergeant · May 5, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS HOSKINSCaptain · May 6, 1968
- RUSSELL JOSEPH WEEKLEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- HALTON RAMSEY VINCENTCaptain · September 30, 1971
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.