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LAWRENCE FRANK LEWELLIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 11, 1946 – April 23, 1967
Service recordLawrence Frank Lewellin, of Brook Park, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 23, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 75
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Brook Park, Minnesota (Pine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 75
- GEORGE ROBERT HARRISONCorporal · April 23, 1967
- JOSE G HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- JIMMIE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN IVESSpecialist Four · April 23, 1967
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.