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LAWRENCE DAY GREEF
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 13, 1943 – August 12, 1969
Service recordLawrence Day Greef, of Portland, Oregon, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 13
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 13
- THOMAS WILLIAM CARRINGTONSergeant · August 12, 1969
- CHARLES JOSEPH GARITY JRLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- JAMES FLORIAN GASEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- FREDRICK PAUL GILLENSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE PAUL CLARKCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 11
- DONALD GARY DILLARDSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 12
- DAVID OSCAR HAAKESergeant · Panel 19W, Line 14
- JAMES LARRY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 16
- BRADLEY JOSEPH SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 23
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.