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LAURI KANGRO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 11, 1943 – March 4, 1969
Service recordLauri Kangro, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 37
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 37
- ARTHUR STANLEY HILL JRSergeant · March 4, 1969
- PHILIP MICHAEL HUNTPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- ROBERT CLAYTON JORDANSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
- WILBUR JAMES MILLER JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.