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DENNIS ROLAND LAWRENCE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1949 – March 17, 1969
Service recordDennis Roland Lawrence, of Union City, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 64
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- March 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Union City, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 64
- DAVID ALLEN RUSSELLSpecialist Four · March 17, 1969
- DON SMITHSergeant · March 17, 1969
- JOSEPH CLAYTON THORNE JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- FIRMAN ANDREW TITUSSpecialist Five · March 17, 1969
From Union City
- MOSES ANTHONY ARNOLDCorporal · February 2, 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.