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LAWRENCE CARROLL BIGELOW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 7, 1948 – April 5, 1970
Service recordLawrence Carroll Bigelow, of Lake View, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 95
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Lake View, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1970; nine of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 95
- KENNETH NORMAN BAILEY JRSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
- DAVID RUSSELL BORZYCHSergeant · April 5, 1970
- PAUL MATTHEW CAHILLSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
- CLARENCE JASPER CARSON JRCorporal · April 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RUSSELL BORZYCHSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 95
- CHARLES MICHAEL COBBCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 96
- EUGENE PAUL GEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 97
- CALVIN JEROME LAYTONCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 97
- JOHN WILLARD ROHRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 98
- STEVEN MICHAEL TORREYCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 99
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.