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LAWRENCE GEORGE STAPLETON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 10, 1946 – August 4, 1967
Service recordLawrence George Stapleton, of Euclid, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Euclid, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 78
- RALPH CAMPION BISZLieutenant Commander · August 4, 1967
- THOMAS LAWRENCE MEIDAMSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN NOSEKLance Corporal · August 4, 1967
- JAIME PARRILLA-CALDERONSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CHARLES FERDIGSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 77
- JAIME PARRILLA-CALDERONSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 78
- DONALD MAURICE WILSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 79
From Euclid
- RAYMOND MICHAEL CHASSERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- LLOYD ANDREW SELLERS IIISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- JAMES LAWRENCE BLASKISSeaman · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSergeant · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES DIMAGARDFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1968
- ALLEN JOHN PRETNARCorporal · August 8, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD LOTHMANSpecialist Four · October 4, 1968
- DAVID ALAN GAUCHLance Corporal · January 14, 1969
- THOMAS M FITZPATRICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
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.