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LAWRENCE JESSE ENGLANDER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 19, 1943 – May 2, 1968
Service recordLawrence Jesse Englander, of Van Nuys, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 5
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Van Nuys, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 2, 1968
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 54E, Line 5
- FRANCIS STANLEY DEVINE JRCorporal · May 2, 1968
- ALAN JAY DICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD DIEFENDERFERCorporal · May 2, 1968
- RONALD GENE DOBBSCorporal · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEROY NORRIS WRIGHTSergeant First Class · Panel 54E, Line 22
- LLOYD FRANCIS MOUSSEAUStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 26
From Van Nuys
- ROBERT LESTER VANGIESONPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT LYNN MARGOLISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- HENRY GARFIELD HAMPTONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT HILLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES TOMLINSONLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · April 5, 1968
- D LANCE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- NORMAN NORTHRO CUNNINGHAMMajor · September 24, 1968
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · October 10, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BELLAMYStaff Sergeant · June 5, 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.