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LAWRENCE GREGORY THODE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1938 – April 8, 1970
Service recordLawrence Gregory Thode, of Seattle, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 109
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1938
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 109
- WILLIAM A SHARPE JRSpecialist Four · April 8, 1970
- DONALD BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
- THOMAS CLINTON SMITH JRCorporal · April 8, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY ALEXANDER FREEMANSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 107
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.