Mansura in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Avoyelles Parish Vietnam Memorial

1965-1971

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 28, 2018

1. Avoyelles Parish Vietnam Memorial Marker

Inscription.
This Section of highway is dedicated to honor the Avoyelles Parish Veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States, who served in Vietnam War. Those killed in action are listed in the order they were taken from us.

Marine CPL Brian Gauthier-July 11, 1965
Army SPS Carver English, Jr. January 5, 1966
Army SP4 Richard Desselle May 1, 1967
Army SSGT George Randolph June 19, 1967
Army CPL William Lemoine September 26, 1968
Army SP4 Michael Juneau May 13, 1968
Marine CPL Gerald Williber May 19. 1968
Army SGT Robert Daigrepont July 2, 1968
Army WO1 Gerald Ortego November 21, 1968
Army SP4 Mitchell Firmin September 27, 1968
Army 1LT Denny Johnson September 2, 1969
Army SPS Cecil Jackson August 29, 1970
Army SP4 Ronald Greenhouse November 29, 1970
Army SGT Michael Nugent December 24, 1970
Army SSGT James Abram April 9,1971

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.

Location. 31° 5.81′ N, 92° 3.566′ W. Memorial is in Mansura, Louisiana, in Avoyelles Parish. It is at the intersection of State Highway 1 and Cocoville Road (State Highway 107), on the right when traveling north on State Highway 1. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Mansura LA 71350, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Louisiana and in Acadiana — Cajun Country. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, Acadia, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other

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markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Presentation Academy (approx. 0.7 miles away); Tunica-Biloxi Indian Reservation (approx. one mile away); The Marksville Site (approx. 1.2 miles away); Marc Eliche (approx. 1.2 miles away); Decuir-Gaspard Home (approx. 1.7 miles away); Bordelon-Decuir-Robinson Home (approx. 1.8 miles away); Holy Ghost Catholic Church (approx. 1.9 miles away); Avoyelles Parish Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mansura.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 28, 2018

2. Avoyelles Parish Vietnam Memorial Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 1, 2018, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 586 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 1, 2018.