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LAWRENCE ALAN ESTERLY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 6, 1948 – July 18, 1969
Service recordLawrence Alan Esterly, of Lisbon, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Lisbon, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 14
- RODNEY JOHN EVANSSergeant · July 18, 1969
- ROGER EARL FOREMANSergeant · July 18, 1969
- DAVID LYNN HASTINGSSergeant · July 18, 1969
- RICHARD LEWIS HUPP JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1969
From Lisbon
- MICHAEL FIRESTONE HAIFLEYLieutenant · December 28, 1972
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.