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LAWRENCE DAVID PERUSO
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 13, 1948 – March 28, 1969
Service recordLawrence David Peruso, of Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 74
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Conemaugh, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 74
- WILOFARD A MCCLAIN IIFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1969
- JULIUS PHILIP PIGNATAROPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- GARY JOE POLLOCKSergeant · March 28, 1969
- ROBERT EARL PUGHPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
From Conemaugh
- GARY PAUL GAYAirman First Class · January 27, 1966
- JOHN LARRY DAVISLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- LOUIS JAMES KELLEYSpecialist Four · June 14, 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.