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ROBERT JAMES LAFLAMME
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1932 – January 13, 1971
Service recordRobert James Laflamme, of Lowell, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 42
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 24, 1932
- Home of record
- Lowell, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1971
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1971; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 42
- DARREL JAY CLODFELTERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1971
- STEPHEN EDWARD HENDRICKSSpecialist Four · January 12, 1971
- EDWARD JOHN KAPUSTASergeant · January 12, 1971
- BILLY RAY PRICE JRSpecialist Four · January 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LEE MOFFETTPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 43
From Lowell
- DONALD LEONARD ARCANDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM THOMAS CALLERYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH CARVILLESpecialist Four · May 1, 1966
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- RUDOLPH H LEFEBVRE JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH LEO VALLEEPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- PAUL LEO STEWARTStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- PETER NICHOLAS SAMARASMajor · March 19, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS BIGELOWPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- BRUCE RAYMOND BAXTERMaster Sergeant · November 8, 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.