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JAMES LOYD LAWRENCE JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 27, 1949 – June 12, 1968
Service recordJames Loyd Lawrence JR, of Sylva, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 1
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Sylva, North Carolina (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 57W, Line 1
- HAVART EARL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN KAPLAFKASergeant · June 12, 1968
- CARLOS LARUE KNIGHTSergeant · June 12, 1968
- STANLEY E SPANGLER JRCorporal · June 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DALLAS ARNOLD WESTSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 5
From Sylva
- BOBBY JAMES PARRISSpecialist Four · October 27, 1970
- JACK EDWARD HYATTPrivate First Class · January 1, 1971
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.