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LAWRENCE BEVERLY MCCLOUD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 7, 1944 – February 27, 1966
Service recordLawrence Beverly McCloud, of Greenville, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Greenville, Mississippi (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 83
- DAVID LEE DANOWSKIPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- EDWARD STEPHEN GRAVESPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- RICK EDWARD KOPKACorporal · February 27, 1966
From Greenville
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · November 3, 1966
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · February 9, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK QUINNSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- THOMAS MURL JAGGERSCorporal · May 4, 1967
- CHARLES MILTONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- LEROY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1967
- THOMAS BARRY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- JERRY W ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1968
- ISAIAH LAWS JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.