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WILLIAM JOHN LAGRAND
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 11, 1941 – September 5, 1965
Service recordWilliam John Lagrand, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on September 5, 1965, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 75
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 197 AVN CO 145 AVN BN
- Born
- May 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 5, 1965
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1965; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2E, Line 75
- JAMES ALVIN BRANCHLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- WILLIE ELSWORTH H HONAKERSpecialist Four · September 5, 1965
- LAWRENCE EDWARD JACKSONSergeant · September 5, 1965
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
- LEWIS RAY DIETZPrivate · February 14, 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.