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LAWRENCE ALLEN LETTERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 5, 1945 – November 13, 1967
Service recordLawrence Allen Letterman, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 90
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 90
- JOSEPH LAMAR HYATTSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
- MILFORD JONESPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RAY MORGAN KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
- FRANCIS LEROY MAPLESSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LOUIS BARNHARTPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 87
- GLENN R EISENHOURSecond Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 88
- RAYMOND GARTHStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 89
- JOSEPH LAMAR HYATTSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 90
- DENNIS EUGENE WARNEPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 93
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.