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LAURENCE ALAN INSEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1946 – May 1, 1967
Service recordLaurence Alan Insel, of Beverly Hills, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Beverly Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 6
- CHARLES CLIFTON JONESMajor · May 1, 1967
- JOHN DUANE LEGGSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- JOSEPH PRICE LIPTONLance Corporal · May 1, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE MILLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
From Beverly Hills
- DANIEL JOSEPH BENNETTPetty Officer Third Class · July 17, 1965
- ROBERT SCHUYLER VANDUYNEFirst Sergeant · May 11, 1966
- RICHARD MARC LUBINHospitalman · January 26, 1969
- ANTHONY GORDON HARBORDFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1969
- RONALD WALSH MCLEANFirst Lieutenant · June 8, 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.