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LAWRENCE GILBERT BOURNE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 4, 1949 – October 31, 1968
Service recordLawrence Gilbert Bourne, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 62
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Rotor And Propeller Repairman (68E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 4, 1949
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 62
- JIMMY DALE BLALACKCorporal · October 31, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL BOWMANSpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE CASSELPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- GARRY WAYNE CATRONPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MELVIN GHEERSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 64
- CHARLES RUIZ LEMUS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 65
- TOMAS REYES MESASpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 66
- MILTON DALE PATEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 66
- RONALD ALAN WOLTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 70
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.