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LAURENCE THOMAS MCDOWELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 21, 1950 – September 29, 1969
Service recordLaurence Thomas McDowell, of Levittown, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Levittown, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 19
- MICHAEL ALLEN PIACENTINOStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1969
- LUTHER ALBERT LONOLieutenant Colonel · September 29, 1969
- THOMAS JOHN PRICEPrivate First Class · September 29, 1969
- JOE RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · September 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL HENRY REESECaptain · Panel 17W, Line 17
From Levittown
- JOSEPH PAUL YATSKO JRFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM THOMASSpecialist Four · January 10, 1966
- ALAN ROBERT SCHULTZLance Corporal · August 11, 1967
- PATRICK ROBERT ROYPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- THEODORE K KALEIKINI JRSergeant · January 18, 1968
- DENNIS THOMAS CUNNANEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WALKER GUESTPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL BEZENSKISpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- STANLEY R STELLMACH JRSergeant · April 14, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DEENY IIIPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.