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LAWRENCE DEAN WILLIAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 7, 1947 – January 25, 1968
Service recordLawrence Dean Williams, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 36
- GEORGE RAYMOND WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- ROGER LEROY BEAMSpecialist Five · January 26, 1968
- LAWRENCE CLIFFORD BLOOMSergeant · January 26, 1968
- JOHN ARNOLD BRISCOELance Corporal · January 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BARTON ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 29
- PHILLIP EUGENE GARVERCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 32
- ROBERT CANDLER LANGFORDCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 33
- EARL ADELBERT MAILLOUXCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 34
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.