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PAUL DOUGLAS LACROIX
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 5, 1946 – December 18, 1970
Service recordPaul Douglas Lacroix, of St Johnsbury, Vermont, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 129
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 5, 1946
- Home of record
- St Johnsbury, Vermont (Caledonia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 129
- CLAYTON GEROME CRAIGSergeant · December 18, 1970
- ROBERT DORIAN CRANSONSpecialist Four · December 18, 1970
- HARVEY GEORGE JACOBSONCorporal · December 18, 1970
- BRUCE GORDON SEMPSROTTPrivate First Class · December 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ELWOOD CHARLES BAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 128
- MICHAEL BOOTH MARCUSStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 130
- ROY LEE SIMMONSSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 131
From St Johnsbury
- BRUCE ARMAND PAQUETTESpecialist Four · October 13, 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.