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LAWRENCE GERALD RENO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1947 – May 24, 1968
Service recordLawrence Gerald Reno, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 69E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69E · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 69E, Line 1
- HU BLAKEMORE RHODESChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 24, 1968
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- LARRY LLOYD RILEYLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- EMMETT RUCKER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CHARLES CONNOLLYSpecialist Four · Panel 67E, Line 7
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.