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RAYMOND LOUIS LAGROU JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 14, 1945 – August 23, 1968
Service recordRaymond Louis Lagrou JR, of Santa Monica, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Santa Monica, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 47
- GEORGE ARTHUR KYRICOSLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES LAMARSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- JOEL MITCHELL LAROCHEPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- LOREN ELWOOD LONGSpecialist Five · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID TERRENCE JUDDSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 37
- THOMAS STEVEN GARRETTSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 43
- HENRY HILL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 45
- CHARLIE EDWARD KEMPSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 46
- ROBERT GAIL MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 48
- JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIESergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 50
- RICHARD LEE ROWLAND JRCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 53
- LARRY MICHAEL SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 55
- JOHN PAUL SUPERCZYNSKI JRCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 55
From Santa Monica
- ODIS DANIEL ARNOLDLieutenant Colonel · June 30, 1961
- MARK RICHARDSON CHASESpecialist Four · March 4, 1965
- DAVID MICHEL HANNPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- OSCAR ROLAND CARRIEREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 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.