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GREGORY PAUL LAWRENCE
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 10, 1938 – October 5, 1968
Service recordGregory Paul Lawrence, of Phenix City, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 5, 1968, in Laos, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 37 ARS
- Born
- March 10, 1938
- Home of record
- Phenix City, Alabama (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 41W, Line 13
- ANTONIO BARRERA JAIMEMaster Sergeant · October 5, 1968
- DAVID ARNOLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- HENRY LEE KERTIS JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD LETENDREPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
From Phenix City
- UDON PARKERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
- LEO CHESTER DIXONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- EDDIE DONALD PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- ROBBIE RAY MILLSSpecialist Five · February 15, 1967
- DAVID TOMIE BELLSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CHARLIE BERNARD INGRAM JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- LARRY RAY MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- JOHN HENRY JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JOE LOUIS JONESSergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM OLIVER TURNERCorporal · February 28, 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.