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LAWRENCE EDWARD STRAYER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 22, 1944 – May 9, 1969
Service recordLawrence Edward Strayer, of Dublin, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 33
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Dublin, Ohio (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 33
- PAUL JESSIE SEYMOREStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1969
- ISMAEL SOLISPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- JIM ALLEN THOMPSONSergeant · May 9, 1969
- ALBERT JAMES VANHORNPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE BURTON CLANCYSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 28
- JOHN ANDREW OLSENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 31
- ISMAEL SOLISPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 33
From Dublin
- JAMES ALLEN CARRFirst Lieutenant · July 27, 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.