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LAWRENCE F RUNEY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1941 – June 28, 1966
Service recordLawrence F Runey, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Bristol, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 105
- PEDRO LUIS LAMOURT-TOSADOPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- ARTHUR G MITCHELLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- RUSSELL LEE PRICESergeant · June 28, 1966
- GERALD R ROLFPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL ALICEA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 103
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BINGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 103
- DONALD EDWARD BYRUMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 103
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 104
- HARRY GORDON DYERSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 104
- CARL EUGENE FELLSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 104
- PEDRO LUIS LAMOURT-TOSADOPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 105
- ARTHUR G MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 105
- RUSSELL LEE PRICESergeant · Panel 8E, Line 105
- GERALD R ROLFPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 105
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 106
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 106
From Bristol
- CARL EUGENE FELLSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- WALTER W SHIPLEY JRStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HARRY HAWORTHSergeant · May 25, 1967
- HOPSON COVINGTONPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
- REGINALD ALFONSO STANCILFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1968
- M RAYMOND REEVESSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- TERRY JOSEPH PATRICK NEILLCorporal · June 23, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM HALLOWSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM HAWRYSHKOPetty Officer Second Class · February 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.