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LAWRENCE JOSEPH VIRGILIO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1942 – July 24, 1967
Service recordLawrence Joseph Virgilio, of Camden, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- April 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Camden, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 117
- ARTHUR ERIC FISHENDENLance Corporal · July 24, 1967
- CLIFFORD L RANDOLPHPrivate First Class · July 24, 1967
- ROBERT LEE WALKERSergeant · July 24, 1967
- RODERICK LEE WEISSPrivate First Class · July 24, 1967
From Camden
- SIDNEY COHENStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE JOSEPH STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
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.