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LAURENCE D WORTHINGTON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 14, 1938 – January 11, 1969
Service recordLaurence D Worthington, of Fullerton, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 74
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1938
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 74
- EDWARD MICHAEL TYSZKASpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK BARRIOSSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- DENNIS BARRY FARRISPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 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.