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LAWRENCE FRANK JAWOROWICZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 8, 1947 – September 5, 1968
Service recordLawrence Frank Jaworowicz, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 45W, Line 41
- CHARLES HERBERT HARDISONPrivate · September 5, 1968
- JAMES STUART HATHSergeant · September 5, 1968
- GLENN OWEN HELKAPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- GLEN MICHAEL HUFFMANPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN PARKER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 43
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.