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LAWRENCE JOSEPH BRONCZYK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1948 – May 12, 1968
Service recordLawrence Joseph Bronczyk, of Gilbert, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 31
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Gilbert, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 58E, Line 31
- DAVID ALLISON BRENTCorporal · May 12, 1968
- BERNARD LUDWIG BUCHERMajor · May 12, 1968
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · May 12, 1968
- JOHNNIE CARTER JRSergeant First Class · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK LEROY MANSFIELDCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 2
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.