About
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
Michael G. LaPier was born in Schenectady, New York, in December 1949. He grew up in the Woodlawn neighborhood in the city of Schenectady. After graduating from Linton High School, in 1967, he attended Hudson Valley Community College in Albany County, New York.
Michael enlisted in the United States Army. He completed his basic training at Fort Dix in New Jersey. He was a specialist (E-4) and was stationed at Fort Benning in Georgia, where he was a legal clerk for the base. On February 25, 1971, in Meriwether, Georgia, Michael died in an automobile accident. He is buried in St. John the Baptist Cemetery in Schenectady, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry