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LAWRENCE E GARRON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 27, 1948 – September 21, 1968
Service recordLawrence E Garron JR, of Franklin, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 54
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Franklin, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 54
- HAROLD EUGENE FEEZELCorporal · September 21, 1968
- MICHAEL IRVIN HANNEMANSergeant · September 21, 1968
- GEORGE BERNARD HESSEPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- THOMAS STORY JESTERSpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
From Franklin
- ALAN WAYNE WILLARDSergeant · February 18, 1968
- NICHOLAS S CONAXISPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RICHARD LINCOLN DESPERLance Corporal · February 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.