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LAWRENCE JOSEPH CELMER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1941 – March 18, 1967
Service recordLawrence Joseph Celmer, of Amsterdam, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 104
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- January 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Amsterdam, New York (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 104
- DONALD HARRY BROWERPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER WILMER DAVISSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- WILLIAM R DENNIS IIISeaman Apprentice · March 18, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
From Amsterdam
- EDWARD STEPHEN STEFFEKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- JOHN GEORGE BANSAVAGEStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1966
- EDWARD STANLEY KOPIKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- LEONARD EDWARD NISKIMajor · May 10, 1967
- RICHARD WALTER BUDKACaptain · December 25, 1967
- FELIX ANTHONY SISARIOSergeant First Class · January 1, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL MANCINIPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- DONATO JOSEPH SIMIELESergeant · June 9, 1968
- PETER FEDASCHSergeant · June 29, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNCHSpecialist Five · March 15, 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.