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LAURENCE E WILLIAMS
Private · U.S. Army
February 14, 1949 – November 28, 1968
Service recordLaurence E Williams, of Ocala, Florida, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Ocala, Florida (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 1
- JOHNNY SALAS MARTINEZLance Corporal · November 28, 1968
- JOHN MOULDENSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- JAMES KERMIT PARKSPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- LONNIE MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · November 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES KERMIT PARKSPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 1
From Ocala
- HAROLD GOLDMANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM ROWLAND JRCorporal · January 23, 1966
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · June 9, 1966
- DONALD GENE VERNONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- SAMUEL T SCRIVENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- OSCAR LOW THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HOPPERLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- MAURICE THERON WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · February 17, 1968
- LUCIUS ANDERSON JRSergeant · March 14, 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.