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LAWRENCE JOHN LAUZON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 2, 1945 – April 17, 1969
Service recordLawrence John Lauzon, of Huntington, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 101
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Huntington, West Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 101
- MICHAEL P RIBICHSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- KEITH KESKISpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- ALBERT ALLEN LADDSpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- ANTHONY LAVITE IIICaptain · April 17, 1969
- TRAVIS BERTRAND LEE JRFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH R BULLSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 98
- WILLIAM HOYT SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 103
From Huntington
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RONALD KEITH NEALPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD EMMERTSergeant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
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.