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LAURENCE CURTIS CAPLAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 6, 1947 – May 29, 1968
Service recordLaurence Curtis Caplan, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 3
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 3
- ANANIAS BOYDSergeant · May 29, 1968
- ERNEST BOYD JRLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- GARY ANTHONY BRECKPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM BROWN JRSergeant · May 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANANIAS BOYDSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 3
- MILTON EUGENE FLOWERSCorporal · Panel 63W, Line 5
- VAN ALLEN NORRISCorporal · Panel 63W, Line 10
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.