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ROBERT WILLIAM LAUZON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 23, 1947 – February 28, 1968
Service recordRobert William Lauzon, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 68
- CHARLES FRANKLIN KERRStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- DONALD ARTHUR LABONTEHospitalman · February 28, 1968
- JERRY DAY LEAKPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- ROY RAYMOND MADDUX JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ERNEST THOMASSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 74
- GENE CALVIN REIDSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 1
From Woonsocket
- LEWIS METCALFE WALLING JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- ANTHONY SILBASpecialist Five · March 28, 1966
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- PAUL LIONEL DURANDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- RENE RAYMOND COUTUCorporal · August 27, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD DUCHARMELance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD BURKESecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL RAYStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN FRISKSergeant · March 27, 1968
- CRAIG BARKER HOLTCorporal · May 26, 1968
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.