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FRANCIS M LAWRENCE JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 20, 1946 – April 2, 1967
Service recordFrancis M Lawrence JR, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 2, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 93
- JOHN FRANCIS DANIELS JRCorporal · April 2, 1967
- PETER ALAN LAMONTSergeant · April 2, 1967
- WILLIAM PAUL MARTINSergeant · April 2, 1967
- ALEXANDER LEO MAYERSpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.