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LOUIS UISVILLE MENARD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1946 – August 3, 1968
Service recordLouis Uisville Menard JR, of Houma, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- November 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Houma, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 5
- GARY ELLIS HOADLEYSergeant · August 3, 1968
- CLARENCE JAMES JACKSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1968
- WILLIAM STANLEY JONESSecond Lieutenant · August 3, 1968
- RONALD KEITH LEWISLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
From Houma
- RAYMOND PATRICK FLYNNPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- ROY ANTHONY DUTHUPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- CALVIN RAYMOND HEBERT JRCorporal · February 22, 1966
- MILLER JOHN BOURGLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES BOUDREAUXPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- WILTON PAUL LEBOUEFSpecialist Four · August 21, 1966
- SAMUEL ENNIS MURPHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- ELDRIDGE MICHAEL BRUNETSpecialist Four · September 27, 1967
- RUDOLPH JOHN BILLIOTPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
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.