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LAWRENCE DALE ACRE
Major · U.S. Army
February 2, 1935 – October 9, 1969
Service recordLawrence Dale Acre, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 53
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 2, 1935
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; seven of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 53
- MICHAEL LEON STIGLICHSergeant · October 8, 1969
- JEROME MILTON TAYLORPrivate First Class · October 8, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES WATKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 8, 1969
- GEORGE LEE AIKINCaptain · October 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD LOPEZ JRSergeant First Class · Panel 17W, Line 57
- ROBERT RICHARD MILLERSergeant First Class · Panel 17W, Line 57
- WILLIAM HENRY MORRIS JRCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 58
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.