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LAWRENCE CLARENCE LOOBY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1947 – February 14, 1969
Service recordLawrence Clarence Looby, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 33
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 33
- LAWRENCE HAMILTON MOOREPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- JAMES PALMERPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- JUAN RODRIGUEZ PEQUENOCorporal · February 14, 1969
- LARRY JAMES STEVENSLieutenant · February 14, 1969
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.