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WILLIAM ROY LAPLANTE III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 18, 1948 – June 20, 1968
Service recordWilliam Roy Laplante III, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 18, 1948
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 10
- SIDNEY CHESTER SQUIRESPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- JAMES LEO STILESCorporal · June 20, 1968
- DAVID LYNN STOCKMANSergeant · June 20, 1968
- DONALD D WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEREMIAH GREENCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 5
- THOMAS EDWARD HARRISONCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 6
- WILLIAM DAVID HEADRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 6
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.