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MICHAEL EUGENE LAVALLEE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 1948 – October 23, 1967
Service recordMichael Eugene Lavallee, of Hennepin, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 23, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 55
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Hennepin, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 55
- DANIEL BRUCE HERRELLCorporal · October 23, 1967
- LEROY HOPKINS JRCorporal · October 23, 1967
- RAYMOND T MASHBURNSergeant · October 23, 1967
- JEREMIAH JOSEPH SULLIVANSpecialist Four · October 23, 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.