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ROLAND CHARLES LABONTE
Captain · U.S. Army
July 28, 1935 – April 19, 1969
Service recordRoland Charles Labonte, of Nashua, New Hampshire, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D BTRY 2 BN 13 ARTY
- Born
- July 28, 1935
- Home of record
- Nashua, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D BTRY 2 BN 13 ARTY”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 9
- ROBERT DOTSON HUIE JRCaptain · April 19, 1969
- JAMES PAUL JENSENCorporal · April 19, 1969
- WALTER EUGENE JUSTICE SRSergeant First Class · April 19, 1969
- ROBERT GEORGE KIJOWSKIStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GEORGE KIJOWSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 9
From Nashua
- ROBERT LOUIS GARDNERSergeant · June 13, 1962
- CZESLAW KOWALCZYKStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- WILLIAM WILKOWSKY JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- DAVID HOWARD WELLERPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- MARTIN JAMES CORONISWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS FLANAGANStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- WARREN RICHARD BROWNSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER HALLLieutenant Colonel · June 24, 1968
- ARMAND ALVIN SYLVESTRECaptain · July 15, 1968
- THOMAS DENNIS NADEAUSpecialist Four · August 11, 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.