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LAURIER DON DEROSIER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1946 – December 3, 1967
Service recordLaurier Don Derosier, of Lewiston, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- January 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Lewiston, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 28
- GEORGE FRANKLIN ANTONITISCorporal · December 3, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES BALUKONISCorporal · December 3, 1967
- WILLIAM SCOTT CUTTERFirst Lieutenant · December 3, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL DALEYCorporal · December 3, 1967
From Lewiston
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGONAGLESergeant · October 17, 1966
- PAUL ROBERT WESTStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- ROLAND PHILIPPE GUERETTEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS IIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- NORMAND CAMILLE DESCHAINECorporal · June 7, 1968
- HAROLD GEORGE BRETONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCMAHONSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD W ROSSIGNOLPetty Officer Third Class · March 29, 1969
- LEO ROGER ASSELINPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH MCMORROWLance Corporal · November 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.