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LAURENT NORBERT DION
Commander · U.S. Navy
January 25, 1929 – August 17, 1967
Service recordLaurent Norbert Dion, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 17, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 6
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- RVAH 12 USS CONSTELLATION CVA 64
- Born
- January 25, 1929
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “RVAH 12 USS CONSTELLATION CVA 64”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 6
- RICHARD LOWELL CURDCorporal · August 17, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- DON R HARGERWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1967
- THOMAS ALEXANDER HARPPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DAVID HOMLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 25E, Line 7
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 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.