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LAWRENCE JAMES HUMPHREY
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 8, 1948 – August 16, 1969
Service recordLawrence James Humphrey, of Piney Flats, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Piney Flats, Tennessee (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 50
- CLIFFORD MICHAEL GIBSONPrivate First Class · August 16, 1969
- WILLIAM STEPHEN HEIDERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- THOMAS DEWITT JONESCorporal · August 16, 1969
- WILLIAM NAPOLEON LAGRONESergeant First Class · August 16, 1969
From Piney Flats
- STEPHEN JUSTENE TORBETTSergeant · August 14, 1969
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.