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LAWRENCE JAMES WISSELL
Captain · U.S. Army
October 11, 1945 – December 21, 1968
Service recordLawrence James Wissell, of Hebron, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 60
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Hebron, Illinois (Mchenry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 36W, Line 60
- LEONARD WEBB JRSpecialist Four · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WORTHINGTONPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- JUSTIN KENNETH ANDERSONSpecialist Four · December 22, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL AYERSPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
From Hebron
- HARRY WALKER BRAUN JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- GARY DONALD PRICEPrivate First Class · September 21, 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.