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LAWRENCE JAMES MERSCHEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – May 1, 1968
Service recordLawrence James Merschel, of Wayne, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 35
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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Wayne, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 35
- DAVID ALLEN JONESCorporal · May 1, 1968
- RICHARD WALTER KANONCZYKCorporal · May 1, 1968
- LARRY DEAN KELLEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DENNIS D LAWVERSergeant · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JEFFEREY COCHRANSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 29
- DANIEL WILLIAM DALEYPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 29
- HERALD LEE DELANEYPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 30
- GELASIO NICANOR GOMEZ JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 32
- THOMAS EDWARD BUMPPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 33
- JOHN K HOUSESecond Lieutenant · Panel 53E, Line 34
- RAYMOND G MENDIBLESCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 38
- JACKIE GENE MONTGOMERYCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 38
- GERALD LOYD PARSONSPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 40
From Wayne
- CALVIN KYRLE GRAESER JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- WILLIAM A BLEWITT JRPrivate · June 19, 1968
- DONALD DEANE BURRIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 22, 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.