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MICHAEL LOUIS LAPORTE
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
August 21, 1944 – September 5, 1967
Service recordMichael Louis Laporte, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on September 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 1
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
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FORCE RECON CO 1 MAR DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 5, 1967
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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
Also on Panel 26E, Line 1
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · September 5, 1967
- WILLIE LEE JONES JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- RICHARD BILL LOZANOPrivate First Class · September 5, 1967
- DAVID GLENN WOODRUFFAirman First Class · September 5, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.