Laurinburg, North Carolina
Arthur William David Lavigne
1927 — 2019
Lieut. Col. AWD "Dave" LaVigne passed away on May 23, 2019. He was born on December 8, 1927 in Worcester, Massachusetts to Oscar and Beatrice LaVigne. He graduated from Assumption College in 1948. He attended Georgetown Medical School in 1949. Shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War, he enlisted as a Naval Cadet in 1950 and graduated with Advanced Carrier Qualifications and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1952. He fought in the Korean War and participated in the mass evacuation of North Indo-China in 1954. In 1958 LaVigne flew assault transports in a variety of assignments in Lebanon. He served in Vietnam in 1962 while flying logistic support of expeditionary units in northern...