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DELMAR LEON LAWRENCE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 6, 1946 – April 1, 1968
Service recordDelmar Leon Lawrence, of Thompson Falls, Montana, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 1, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 33
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Asw Technician (AX)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- January 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Thompson Falls, Montana (Sanders County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 33
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD KULACZChief Petty Officer · April 1, 1968
- GERARD ANDRE LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN LULLAFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD WAYNE BURNSIDEPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 47E, Line 30
- KENNETH LEE CRISTPetty Officer First Class · Panel 47E, Line 31
- FRANK EDWARD HAND IIILieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 47E, Line 32
- STUART MURRAY MCLELLANLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 47E, Line 35
- DONALD FRANK WOODPetty Officer First Class · Panel 47E, Line 38
From Thompson Falls
- JAMES WILLIAMS STEPHENSLance Corporal · September 13, 1965
- JON MICHAEL MURPHYSergeant · March 29, 1968
- HIMA DUNCAN MCDOUGALL JRSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
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.