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ROGER EDWARD LABONTE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 23, 1940 – December 8, 1966
Service recordRoger Edward Labonte, of Biddeford, Maine, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 23, 1940
- Home of record
- Biddeford, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 22
- MICHAEL LEWIS HYDECaptain · December 8, 1966
- DANIEL MACARTHUR KELLETTFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1966
- FRANKLIN JACK LUMMUSCorporal · December 8, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RONALD J MAHONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 23
From Biddeford
- NORMAN GERALD JOSE POITRASLance Corporal · August 22, 1966
- REYNALD GERARD LEPAGEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- ROBERT NORMAND DECHENEWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 1967
- HERVE JOSEPH GUAYLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- RAYMOND ARTHUR BORDUASPrivate First Class · June 4, 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.