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JAMES LARRY LAWRENCE
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 19, 1945 – October 7, 1967
Service recordJames Larry Lawrence, of West Plains, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1945
- Home of record
- West Plains, Missouri (Howell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 66
- DAVID LAWTON HODGESLieutenant · October 7, 1967
- JOHNNIE RAY MCMURRAYSergeant · October 7, 1967
- ROBERT JERRY PADGETTCorporal · October 7, 1967
- BENJAMIN F PHILLIPS JRMaster Sergeant · October 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EARL DEAN AUWARTERSergeant First Class · Panel 27E, Line 63
- VICTOR MAHLON GROSSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 64
- JOHN EDWARD MADIGAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 65
From West Plains
- ODIS THOMPSONSergeant · August 22, 1966
- JAMES DONAHUE FERGUSONSergeant · May 5, 1968
- DONALD CLIFTON COLLINSSpecialist Four · August 13, 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.