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LAWRENCE J STARK
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 7, 1946 – October 22, 1967
Service recordLawrence J Stark, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 50
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 170 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1967; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “170 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 50
- JIMMIE WAYNE JONESCorporal · October 22, 1967
- ROBERT MORTON KAILSpecialist Four · October 22, 1967
- JAMES MILTON MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · October 22, 1967
- LARRY RAY MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEO EICKHOLTSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 49
- THOMAS LYNN GRIFFEESpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 49
- PATRICK J SUGHRUEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28E, Line 52
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.