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LAWRENCE ALLEN WHITFIELD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 5, 1942 – July 10, 1967
Service recordLawrence Allen Whitfield, of Thomasville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Handler (56A)
- Born
- February 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Thomasville, Georgia (Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 47
- HARRY DIWAIN SPIERPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- JESUS M TORRESSergeant · July 10, 1967
- JAMES CRAIG WEARSPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- BEN WHITESergeant · July 10, 1967
From Thomasville
- FRANK THORNTON JRSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- LEROY ELTON JONESSergeant · December 21, 1965
- THOMAS DAVID CAMPBELLSergeant · May 29, 1966
- RALPH E MANNINGStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH PEARSONMajor · August 17, 1966
- TERRY MARTIN RIMESSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- EARL DANIELS JRStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1967
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- WILLIAM YANCEY HADLEYSergeant · December 4, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES SCOTTCorporal · February 12, 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.