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LAWRENCE JOSEPH BUDZINSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 20, 1945 – April 24, 1969
Service recordLawrence Joseph Budzinski, of St Ann, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 38
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1945
- Home of record
- St Ann, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 38
- DONALD D BLAIRCaptain · April 24, 1969
- JAMES ESTREM BOUSQUETFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1969
- JAMES ANDERSON BROWN IIWarrant Officer 1 · April 24, 1969
- WILLIE BROWNLance Corporal · April 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD D BLAIRCaptain · Panel 26W, Line 38
- JAMES ESTREM BOUSQUETFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 38
- DAVID GLENN KELLISONPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 40
- RANDALL RUGGSPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 41
From St Ann
- GERALD WAYNE ZIYPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD SUTHERLANDPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- ALAN JOSEPH ROBINSONCorporal · July 14, 1968
- CHARLES JACKSON WILSONLance Corporal · April 21, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES WIESECorporal · February 16, 1970
- LARRY DAVID HICKSSergeant · September 24, 1970
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.