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LAWRENCE JOSEPH DEFELICE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1944 – February 26, 1969
Service recordLawrence Joseph Defelice, of Copiague, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Copiague, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 65
- CHARLES EDWARD CLAYSergeant · February 26, 1969
- GEORGE PORTEOUS COLLINSPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1969
- HOBART EARL COVINGTONStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1969
- DAVID GUY CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH FREDERICK BAUER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 64
- TERRANCE LEE SNYDERSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 72
- RICHARD ALLEN WALLICKSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 74
- DANIEL ALBIN WIDOMSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31W, Line 75
From Copiague
- HANS PETER LUTZAirman First Class · July 10, 1966
- DENNIS GERARD MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- DANIEL GERARD OCONNELLPrivate First Class · June 19, 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.