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ROLAND ROBERT LAFOND
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 13, 1948 – May 2, 1968
Service recordRoland Robert Lafond, of East Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 10
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 13, 1948
- Home of record
- East Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 73 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 10
- RONNIE JOE JONESLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- RICHARD RAY LANDERSPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- CHRIS JOHN LARSEN IIILance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- MICHAEL DURYEA LEEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
From East Hartford
- GERALD HILAND STEWARTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1966
- ALLEN JAYSON ROYLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- DONALD MORRIS WILLEYStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- RICHARD EDWIN PALOWSKISergeant · August 3, 1968
- JAMES WALTER SINCEREPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES RIGGSPrivate First Class · January 24, 1969
- KENNETH ANTHONY LAVINE JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- ROBERT JON BEAMANPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- ALEXANDER CAMERON BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1969
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.