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LAWRENCE EDWARD STEVENSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1944 – August 22, 1968
Service recordLawrence Edward Stevenson, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 32
- DWAYNE LAMONT SALTERLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE SANDERSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · August 22, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD SELFCorporal · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERTO LAY GABANASpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 27
- JOHN D STRINGFELLOW JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 33
- RICHARD LEE TREASCaptain · Panel 47W, Line 34
- ALLEN PRICE WEAVERSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 35
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.