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CURTIS RAY MCLAWHORN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1943 – July 22, 1967
Service recordCurtis Ray McLawhorn, of Kinston, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 108
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Kinston, North Carolina (Lenoir County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 108
- HEINZ ARNOLD TAPIOSergeant · July 22, 1967
- WILLIAM SAMPSON WHITECorporal · July 22, 1967
- CHARLES ARTHUR BARRETT IIFirst Lieutenant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN BEHRNSLance Corporal · July 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS PAUL BRADYPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 107
From Kinston
- JIMMIE LLOYD MCBYNUMStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- CHARLES CURTIS WHITFIELDPrivate · February 24, 1966
- WOODROW WILSON HAM JRStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1966
- DANIEL H LAWLERSpecialist Five · May 20, 1967
- BOBBY LEE BARBERPrivate First Class · November 2, 1967
- CARL LEE HILL JRSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- SETH LEE WEST JRStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- JOHNNY MILLERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- DEMPSEY WOODROW PARROTTSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- VERNELL HENRY MILLER JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
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.