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LAWRENCE ALFRED DIETZ II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 12, 1948 – July 27, 1967
Service recordLawrence Alfred Dietz II, of Palos Verdes Peninsula, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Born
- June 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Palos Verdes Peninsula, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 7
- KENNETH LEVON HENDRIXSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- MILES EDWARD JANSENLance Corporal · July 27, 1967
- THEODORE PAUL LINSKILance Corporal · July 27, 1967
From Palos Verdes Peninsula
- THOMAS JAMES WHITLOW JRCorporal · March 7, 1970
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.