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LAURENCE NELSON SOUSA
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 16, 1942 – January 15, 1966
Service recordLaurence Nelson Sousa, of East Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 16, 1942
- Home of record
- East Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 74
- LLOYD DEAN LAKEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- DAVID FRANK WEBERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- HAL T HOLLINGSWORTHEnsign · January 16, 1966
From East Boston
- MARTIN L GILLESPIE JRPetty Officer Second Class · March 21, 1966
- ANDREW CHARLES RABAIOTTILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN NASHAWATYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- ALFRED LEON BERTULLILance Corporal · November 5, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR MCINTOSHPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- PERRY DIBERARDINOCorporal · September 16, 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.