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RUSSELL THOMAS LAFAVE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 13, 1951 – April 1, 1970
Service recordRussell Thomas Lafave, of Manchester, New Hampshire, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 13, 1951
- Home of record
- Manchester, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 70
- ROBERT HARRISON LANE JRSergeant · April 1, 1970
- DAVID HENRY LASSENSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- ROBERT MORGAN LIDDELLMaster Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- CLARENCE LOGANStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS VAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 69
From Manchester
- ROBERT PAUL DIONNEHospitalman · July 14, 1965
- WILFRED ROLAND ROBILLARDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH GEORGE VILLIARDCorporal · March 24, 1966
- PHILLIP JOSEPH STICKNEYSenior Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- PAUL ERNEST NADEAUPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- LEON NORMAND DOUCETCorporal · February 5, 1967
- NORMAN GERARD LOZEAUPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- NORMAND RICHARD MARTELPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ARTHUR C MOURTGIS JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ARMAND ROG GELINASChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 11, 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.