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JOHNNY HAROLD LAWRENCE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 24, 1946 – April 4, 1971
Service recordJohnny Harold Lawrence, of Manteno, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 106
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Manteno, Illinois (Kankakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 106
- TERRY VASCAL KNIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · April 4, 1971
- NOEL CHARLES LAPLANTEFirst Lieutenant · April 4, 1971
- HARVEY MICHAEL REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1971
- JOSEPH STANLEY SMITHCaptain · April 4, 1971
From Manteno
- RONALD LEONARD GRAYSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.