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CLYDE WESLEY LAWRENCE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1946 – May 16, 1970
Service recordClyde Wesley Lawrence JR, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 52
- MICHAEL DALE DAWSONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1970
- DAVID BYRON MAGRUDERSergeant · May 16, 1970
- JOHN ROY MARIANICorporal · May 16, 1970
- WILLIAM DAVID MENSCERSergeant · May 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM HENSELSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 51
- JOE EDWARD RABERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 53
- GARY RICHARD WHITECorporal · Panel 10W, Line 55
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.