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ROBERT HENRY LAGRAND
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 9, 1932 – January 29, 1966
Service recordRobert Henry Lagrand, of Bessemer, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 111
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 9, 1932
- Home of record
- Bessemer, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 111
- MICHAEL J KOCHENDORFERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- GARY RAMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- THOMAS ANDREW LAWSONPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JOHN EARL LAYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EARL ARNOLDSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 105
- CHARLES JACOB BAIRSpecialist Six · Panel 4E, Line 106
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 106
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 106
- FLOYD ALLEN CRIBBPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 107
- EDWARD THOMAS DOMIAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 107
- THOMAS STEPHEN DRAZERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 107
- ROY ANTHONY DUTHUPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 108
- CARL JAMES FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 108
- WILLIAM HARRIS GUYERStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 108
- WILLIAM RICHARD HARDINCaptain · Panel 4E, Line 109
- KENNETH HERSHMANPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 109
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 110
- CLIFFORD CURTIS JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4E, Line 110
- GARY RAMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 111
- THOMAS ANDREW LAWSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 111
- JOHN EARL LAYPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 111
- PAUL RICHARD LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 112
- FORTUNATO LUNA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 112
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 112
- NOE MIRANDA-PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 113
- JOSEPH ALBERT QUIROZPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 113
- DAVID LEO REEVEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 113
- JOSE ALBERTO RIVERA-REYESSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 114
From Bessemer
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CORDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- MACK ARTHUR WAREPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OAKESPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- NATHANIEL HARRISSpecialist Four · October 18, 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.
