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LAWRENCE CARL DOBRENZ
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
December 15, 1945 – October 24, 1966
Service recordLawrence Carl Dobrenz, of Medford, Wisconsin, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 24, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 102
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Medford, Wisconsin (Taylor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 102
- GEORGE BELANGERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- DENIS WAYNE GALLOWAYFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- CHESTER WILFORD KNIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1966
From Medford
- LIN ALBERT MAHNERPetty Officer First Class · May 25, 1969
- LYMAN CONRAD BACHStaff Sergeant · June 2, 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.