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JOHN WINSLOW LAWRENCE JR
Major · U.S. Army
January 22, 1938 – September 16, 1971
Service recordJohn Winslow Lawrence JR, of Farmington, New Hampshire, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 17
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Farmington, New Hampshire (Strafford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1971
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 17
- GEORGE ALLEN FLOYDPrivate First Class · September 15, 1971
- JOSEPH ROBERT YOUNGSpecialist Four · September 15, 1971
- GEORGE WALTER BOULWARESergeant First Class · September 16, 1971
- DONALD EDWARD LARUE JRPrivate First Class · September 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WALTER BOULWARESergeant First Class · Panel 2W, Line 17
- JOHN SENECHEKSergeant Major · Panel 2W, Line 18
- JAMES ALLEN WELLSCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 18
- ELBERT ARTHUR WELSHMajor · Panel 2W, Line 18
From Farmington
- THOMAS ALAN WILLARDSergeant · June 18, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL TITCOMBCorporal · September 9, 1969
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.