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LAURANCE RICHARD MOHN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1946 – August 31, 1969
Service recordLaurance Richard Mohn JR, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 16
- DONALD WAYNE KIMSEYMajor · August 31, 1969
- DANIEL WILLIAM MAJORSSergeant · August 31, 1969
- HOLLIS GARNELL MAPLECorporal · August 31, 1969
- LAURENCE ARTHUR MILLETTSpecialist Four · August 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE LYNN COCHRANPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 14
- HOLLIS GARNELL MAPLECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 16
- JOHN A POLEFKACorporal · Panel 18W, Line 17
- WILLIAM CARRELL WEAVERSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 18
- MARK STEVEN WITTPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 18
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.