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LAWRENCE C WILLIAMS JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 17, 1946 – September 18, 1970
Service recordLawrence C Williams JR, of Port Arthur, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 72
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- September 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Port Arthur, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 72
- TODD WHITNEY OTTMANPrivate First Class · September 18, 1970
- LUCO WILLIAM PALMASeaman · September 18, 1970
- EDWARD LEE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1970
- MARK EVAN HAMBLETONStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1970
From Port Arthur
- ADAM ERNEST SIMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1965
- HERBERT JAMES GABRIELPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CLEVELAND KEAL JRPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DANNY RAY NORTHCUTTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- PAUL SCOTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- LEROY PEGROSSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- RODGER DALE HEBERTPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- JOHN DEE POWELL JRLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
- TONY JOHN AYALAPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- PETER LOWELL RUSSELLSergeant · August 22, 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.