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GORDON LEE LAWRENCE
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 2, 1935 – January 21, 1968
Service recordGordon Lee Lawrence, of Federalsburg, Maryland, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 7
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 2, 1935
- Home of record
- Federalsburg, Maryland (Caroline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 7
- WILLIAM ARTHUR KIMSEY JRChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 21, 1968
- THOMAS LLOYD KINGSTONLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- JOHN WALLACE KNIGHTSergeant · January 21, 1968
- MALCOLM GEOFFREY MOLEPetty Officer Third Class · January 21, 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.