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LAWRENCE FRANCIS SCHERRER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 5, 1946 – May 19, 1967
Service recordLawrence Francis Scherrer, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 49
- THOMAS ALAN RONALDPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- HENRY MICHAEL SARMENTOCorporal · May 19, 1967
- DONALD FRED SCHAFERSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- BURTON IRVING SHARPSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENYON ELROY BEANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 39
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 39
- WALTER THOMAS GEIGERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 42
- EVERETT EUGENE JOHNSON JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 45
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 51
- CARNELL EARL WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 51
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.