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LAWRENCE FRANK LUBONSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 2, 1947 – February 27, 1968
Service recordLawrence Frank Lubonski, of Collingswood, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Collingswood, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 51
- JAMES LAWRENCE LIENPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1968
- ABELARDO MALAVE-RIOSFirst Sergeant · February 27, 1968
- PAUL LLOYD MILIUSCaptain · February 27, 1968
- PAUL JAMES MILLERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
From Collingswood
- ROBERT JOHN MORRISSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
- JOHN DENNIS LEARYLance Corporal · April 27, 1969
- STEPHEN WALTER YOUNGSecond Lieutenant · September 6, 1969
- WILLIAM ALVIN COMLYCorporal · March 11, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH MCCARTHYSergeant · May 7, 1970
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.