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LAWRENCE EUGENE FLETCHER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 3, 1948 – May 7, 1970
Service recordLawrence Eugene Fletcher, of Winchester, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 123
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Winchester, Virginia (Winchester (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 123
- RONALD EUGENE FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- JOSE ALBERTO GONZALEZCorporal · May 7, 1970
- TIMOTHY LEE GREENSergeant · May 7, 1970
- JACK STEVEN GROUFSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRANCIS BERGERCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 121
- PETER ALLAN COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 122
- JOSE ALBERTO GONZALEZCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 123
- LLOYD WILNER JACKSONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 124
- ROBERT RAYMOND LOHENRYCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 125
- DAVID CARROLL MCCRANIESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 126
- JOSEPH VERN REDMONDStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 128
From Winchester
- LORING WILLIAM CARPER JRHospitalman · May 17, 1966
- UPTON FINLEY ASHLEYStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1966
- JERRY MALONE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- JOHN FRANKLIN MORRISON JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- DONALD KEITH POWELLCorporal · August 21, 1968
- GREGORY JACKSON FRANKLINPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT HODSON JRSergeant First Class · December 24, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · August 13, 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.