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LAWRENCE JAMES VARGAS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 16, 1948 – April 13, 1968
Service recordLawrence James Vargas, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 48
- JERRY ARTHUR SNIPESPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- STANLEY SPIKESSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- JUAN PEDRO VALDEZSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- ALFRED VAN WHITMERLance Corporal · April 13, 1968
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.