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LAWRENCE DAVID KESLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 16, 1946 – June 25, 1966
Service recordLawrence David Kesler, of La Grange, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 6 BN 14 ARTY
- Born
- November 16, 1946
- Home of record
- La Grange, Georgia (Troup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 93
- ISAAC JONESPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- CHARLES WELDON MARIKLieutenant Commander · June 25, 1966
- BRUNO LEO MARTINPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- WILLIAM MORRISLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
From La Grange
- GRADY KEITH EMBREYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1965
- MARVIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD PRESSLEYSergeant · April 1, 1967
- LEONARD HOWARD SMITHLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- JOHNNY STEVE ROTTONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- BENNIE LOUIS MARTINSergeant · February 14, 1968
- THOMAS MITCHELL WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- HOLLIS RONNEY NORRIDSergeant · July 1, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBINSONCorporal · August 24, 1968
- ALTON DARNELL WOODRUFFStaff Sergeant · April 26, 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.