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LAWRENCE BUFORD FLOWERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1944 – October 1, 1967
Service recordLawrence Buford Flowers, of Dalton, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Quartermaster Supply Officer (4419)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 31 SUPPLY CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- June 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Dalton, Georgia (Whitfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 36
- ROBERT RAY BROWNCorporal · October 1, 1967
- QUINNEN T CHANDLER JRCorporal · October 1, 1967
- LESSELL DUNN JRSpecialist Four · October 1, 1967
- RAYMOND PATRICK FINLEYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1967
From Dalton
- MICHAEL CLAY NATIONSSergeant · September 17, 1966
- KENNETH WAYNE OGLESSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- KENNETH IAN FINKELCorporal · September 20, 1967
- CHARLES EVAN BEAVERSLance Corporal · October 16, 1967
- WILLIAM LAMAR DWIGHTLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- DONALD FREDRICK PARKERLance Corporal · January 20, 1968
- KENNETH JERRY WILLIAMSSergeant · February 2, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM CLINESpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- GARY ROBERT CRUSESpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- JERRY LYNN POEPrivate First Class · September 15, 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.