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LAWRENCE GEORGE GRASS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1944 – August 31, 1967
Service recordLawrence George Grass, of Belleville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 74
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Belleville, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 74
- MARVIN LYLE FRANKLIN JRSergeant · August 31, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 31, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL MOOREPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN LYLE FRANKLIN JRSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 74
- GERALD JASON ROBERTS JRCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 76
From Belleville
- PHILIP CORY SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD DENNYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- WILLIAM HOWARD THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1967
- JOSEPH DUNN WYLIE IIIPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD NEUMEYERAirman · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD IRWINSpecialist Five · August 19, 1967
- GLENN R EISENHOURSecond Lieutenant · November 13, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE LANKFORDCorporal · April 28, 1968
- TERRY PENSONEAUSecond Lieutenant · December 16, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · December 29, 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.