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LARRY LAMAR LOWER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 9, 1949 – September 26, 1968
Service recordLarry Lamar Lower, of Union City, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR
- Born
- January 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Union City, Michigan (Branch County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 19
- GREGORIO MENO CAMACHOSergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- NICHOLAS PETER LESANDO JRCorporal · September 26, 1968
- DALE ALAN LUSTERCaptain · September 26, 1968
- DARRELL LEROY LUTRICKCorporal · September 26, 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.