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WILLIAM NAPOLEON LAGRONE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 23, 1927 – August 16, 1969
Service recordWilliam Napoleon Lagrone, of Moorhead, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 23, 1927
- Home of record
- Moorhead, Mississippi (Sunflower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 50
- CLIFFORD MICHAEL GIBSONPrivate First Class · August 16, 1969
- WILLIAM STEPHEN HEIDERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- LAWRENCE JAMES HUMPHREYCorporal · August 16, 1969
- THOMAS DEWITT JONESCorporal · August 16, 1969
From Moorhead
- WARREN LEE TALLSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- ERVIN PRESTON CANOY JRPrivate First Class · December 1, 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.