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LAURENCE G SERSHON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 8, 1948 – July 12, 1967
Service recordLaurence G Sershon, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 63
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 63
- JAMES ALVIN RAINWATER JRMajor · July 12, 1967
- FRANK JAMES ROSE JRSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BRIAN WAYNE RUSHTONCaptain · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH SULLIVANMaster Sergeant · July 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES VINCENT AYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 55
- JACK J COOPERWOOD IIISpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 57
- CLAUDE EUGENE ELMORESergeant · Panel 23E, Line 57
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 61
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 65
- EDDIE EARL WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 66
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · 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.