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STEWART JAMES LAVIGNE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 4, 1950 – August 19, 1969
Service recordStewart James Lavigne, of Essex Junction, Vermont, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 69
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Essex Junction, Vermont (Chittenden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 69
- FRANCIS EMIL BRANCHEAU IIPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- JOHN A KOLWYCKSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- DONALD GENE LANHAMLance Corporal · August 19, 1969
- BOBBY JOE LIKENSSergeant · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN LEE MARTINOCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 70
- JOHN DAVID PLUMMERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 72
- GERALD LEON SILVERSTEINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 74
From Essex Junction
- BRUCE ALLAN BAKERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
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.