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LAWRENCE EDWARD BACH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 27, 1947 – June 27, 1967
Service recordLawrence Edward Bach, of Royersford, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 67
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Royersford, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 67
- KYLE SMIDDYSergeant · June 26, 1967
- AARON BERNARD SPALDINGLance Corporal · June 26, 1967
- DALE CHARLES ALLENSecond Lieutenant · June 27, 1967
- JAMES AUBREY BLAKLEYLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 69
From Royersford
- RICHARD EDWIN POWELLSergeant · December 19, 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.