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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Lawrence Francis Reyman.

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LAWRENCE FRANCIS REYMAN

Sergeant · U.S. Army

November 25, 1947 – October 30, 1967

Service record

Lawrence Francis Reyman, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 28E · Line 101

Position of Panel 28E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
November 25, 1947
Home of record
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 30, 1967
Age
19
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

15 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 28E, Line 101

Same unit, same day

From Oklahoma City

All 159 names from Oklahoma City →

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.