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LAWRENCE ELLSWORTH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1944 – November 25, 1968
Service recordLawrence Ellsworth, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 57
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 57
- JOHN FRANCIS FITZGIBBONSFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1968
- SAN DEWAYNE FRANCISCOMajor · November 25, 1968
- LARRY GLEN HETZLERSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENTRY HODGESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL LEE MCKECHNIESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 53
- KENNETH JOHN BRITTSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 55
- RALPH BUDDY MULKEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 60
- JOSEPH VINCENT STACKPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 61
- JACK MICHAEL ZAITZSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 63
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.