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LAWRENCE FREDERICK NYMAN
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
April 9, 1941 – June 24, 1966
Service recordLawrence Frederick Nyman, of Aberdeen, Washington, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 24, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 151 USS CONSTELLATION CVA 64
- Born
- April 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, Washington (Grays Harbor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VF 151 USS CONSTELLATION CVA 64”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 87
- RICHARD F LABARBERAPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- CARL JOSEPH LATOURSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE P LEBRUNPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- ROBERT DANEL OWEN JRSergeant First Class · June 24, 1966
From Aberdeen
- JOHNNY A CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- JAMES ARNOLD HARDENSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- ROGER BLAKE TJERNBERGCorporal · February 3, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL THOMPSONCorporal · February 21, 1967
- LESLIE HAROLD FUNK JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 6, 1967
- ARCHIE BURNETTE JRStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
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.