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LAWRENCE ANDRE DIRNBERGER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1944 – February 25, 1967
Service recordLawrence Andre Dirnberger, of Webster Groves, Missouri, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 89
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Webster Groves, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO 2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 89
- JOE WILSON BARNESSergeant · February 25, 1967
- KENDELL DWAYNE CUTBIRTHStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- WILLIAM CLARENCE DAYTONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- DONOVAN KEITH ELWELLPrivate · February 25, 1967
From Webster Groves
- NORMAN EDWARD SNODGRASSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1965
- WILLIAM HAROLD WALTERSSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- JOHN MARSHALL SNYDER JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- RALPH JOSEPH LUEBBERS JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE SHEPPARDPrivate · September 20, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIEL WINKELPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- VICTOR JOHN CARTIERPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT HULL JRSergeant · May 17, 1969
- TIMOTHY KIM LECLAIRFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR WINFREYCorporal · August 7, 1969
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.