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LAWRENCE GORIC ZIEGLER
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1937 – May 15, 1968
Service recordLawrence Goric Ziegler, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 22, 1937
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 5
- JOE RAY WHITTEDSergeant · May 15, 1968
- RONALD LEE WIGFIELDPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- MELVIN ALVIN WILDMANPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- MILTON GAY CLAYBORNELance Corporal · May 16, 1968
From Lancaster
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · January 27, 1966
- MARTIN JAMES LACHERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1966
- PERCY LEROY CAMPBELLMajor · November 6, 1966
- CHESTER EARL ROWE JRCorporal · April 5, 1967
- JAY DONALD HERRCorporal · August 20, 1967
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- HENRY GERALD GISHStaff Sergeant · March 11, 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.