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LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 24, 1948 – March 28, 1967
Service recordLawrence Joseph Pelletier, of New Britain, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1948
- Home of record
- New Britain, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 63
- GLENN MURRAY MCCARTYSecond Lieutenant · March 28, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OBRIENCorporal · March 28, 1967
- JACK COLEMAN OWENSMajor · March 28, 1967
- EUGENE JEROME PAYNE IIILance Corporal · March 28, 1967
From New Britain
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- RICHARD EARL CHABOTLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR GILBREATHPetty Officer Third Class · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID SMITHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
- WALTER EARL BENTLEYCorporal · November 1, 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.