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LAWRENCE CAMERON FREE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 4, 1946 – October 12, 1966
Service recordLawrence Cameron Free, of Michigan City, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Michigan City, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 68
- FRANK CALLIHAN ELKINSCommander · October 12, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- JOHN DUDLEY GOODPrivate First Class · October 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS LEE JONESFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1966
From Michigan City
- DANIEL MORRIS MARTZ JRMajor · February 12, 1966
- KENNETH LEROY SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE HARPER JRSergeant · March 16, 1967
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- GARY ALAN CLIFFORDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- GLENN A WESTPHALSpecialist Five · April 7, 1968
- EARL CLIFFORD WILSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH DORSHAKSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · September 26, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES PUTZ JRLance Corporal · November 25, 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.