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LAWRENCE EMIL LUNDGREN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1949 – February 24, 1970
Service recordLawrence Emil Lundgren, of La Porte, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 51
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
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1949
- Home of record
- La Porte, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 51
- ERNEST LYKURGUS BROWN JRChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1970
- MICHAEL WAYNE HOPKINSLance Corporal · February 24, 1970
- FRANK CHARLES NEWMANLieutenant Colonel · February 24, 1970
- STEVEN DREW STRUBESpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 52
From La Porte
- CHARLES W LINDEWALD JRMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1968
- CALVIN HART BIGGERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- JERRY LEE PETERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- ROGER WILLIAM PEDUESergeant · May 16, 1969
- JAMES MICHALSKIPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- DAVID RANDLE PORTERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- JAMES MONTGOMERY WITHEESpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- DONALD RAY MCINTOSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 12, 1970
- ALLAN JOHN MOORESpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- FRANCIS WILLIAM HARTERSergeant · November 9, 1970
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.