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LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 6, 1947 – February 15, 1967
Service recordLawrence Christian Clausen, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 6, 1947
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 34
- VAN DYKE WILLIAM MANNERSPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- DANNY LEE MCMINNCorporal · February 15, 1967
- ROBBIE RAY MILLSSpecialist Five · February 15, 1967
- EDGAR WILFREDO ODIOTLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ANTHONY FALATOPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 32
- JOHN JAMES RAYMONDStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 35
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH WIGGINSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
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.