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LAWRENCE EDWARD ZAPOLSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 21, 1948 – April 11, 1969
Service recordLawrence Edward Zapolski, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 59
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 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- 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 April 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 59
- JEFFERY TRUETT SAPPPrivate First Class · April 11, 1969
- ROBERT L SCHEIDEL JRCorporal · April 11, 1969
- ROBERT HALL SMARTSpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- MATTHEW EDWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · April 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALE LAVERNE MILBRADTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 57
- WILLIAM LEE OWEN JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 58
- ALFRED WEBB JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 60
- DANIEL EUGENE WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 61
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
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.