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LAWRENCE EDWARD PAYNE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1930 – December 6, 1966
Service recordLawrence Edward Payne, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 16
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
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- January 24, 1930
- Home of record
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 16
- AUTRY GREENStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1966
- THEODORE R MCELROY JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1966
- SANFORD LEWIS NELSONPrivate First Class · December 6, 1966
- JAMES ELSWORTH PITTSSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 1966
From Tuscaloosa
- HENRY CARLOS TISDALEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1966
- RONALD LYNN GUYERLance Corporal · May 25, 1966
- TIMOTHY C ABRAMS JRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1967
- JERRY FRANKS HOGANLieutenant Commander · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT VICTOR CRAINSergeant First Class · March 15, 1967
- MICHAEL GEAN RUSHINGCorporal · May 29, 1967
- HENRY LEON LITTLECorporal · June 15, 1967
- BENJAMIN F ROBERTSON JRMajor · June 17, 1967
- THOMAS CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD PURSERMajor · February 23, 1968
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.