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BILLY EVERETT LAWRENCE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 13, 1949 – May 25, 1970
Service recordBilly Everett Lawrence, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 98
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 98
- TOMMY MAKIN CLAYTONPrivate · May 25, 1970
- DONALD GLEN LUKENSWarrant Officer 1 · May 25, 1970
- LE ROY FELIX MARTINEZPrivate First Class · May 25, 1970
- GREGORY JOHN MAYNARDCorporal · May 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD BATCHELORCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 93
- GEORGE ALFRED BIRDWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 94
- PETER NORBERT BRUYERESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 94
- JAMES EDWIN DOLANSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 96
- RAMON FLORES JRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 97
- MICHAEL ROBERT KERNANSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 97
- TOMMY MAKIN CLAYTONPrivate · Panel 10W, Line 98
- LESTER NEAL MOULTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 99
- RAFAEL OLIVOSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 99
- RICHARD RODRIGUESCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 99
- CURTIS SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 100
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.