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LAURIER GERARD BOSSE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 18, 1947 – May 23, 1968
Service recordLaurier Gerard Bosse, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 6
- GRANVILLE JOEL ALLEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 23, 1968
- EDWARD NELSON BEERSPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM BOYDSergeant · May 23, 1968
- FLORIAN ANTHONY BUGNI JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
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.