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RICHARD LEON LAFLAIR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 21, 1948 – July 29, 1967
Service recordRichard Leon Laflair, of Brownville, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 31
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Brownville, New York (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 31
- EDWARD LYNN LABARRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- WADE ANDREW LANNOM JRSeaman · July 29, 1967
- ANTHONY MICHAEL LEACHLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM LEEAirman · July 29, 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.