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LAWRENCE GUSTAVE REMUTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 9, 1947 – December 12, 1969
Service recordLawrence Gustave Remuth, of New Britain, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 52
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1947
- Home of record
- New Britain, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 52
- DONALD ARTHUR MARTINLance Corporal · December 12, 1969
- CHARLES BERNARD MOOREStaff Sergeant · December 12, 1969
- OTTAWAY LARSON WILLIAMSSergeant · December 12, 1969
- REED EARL CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EDWARD DEMORE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 49
From New Britain
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- RICHARD EARL CHABOTLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR GILBREATHPetty Officer Third Class · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID SMITHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
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.