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LAWRENCE K HINSCHBERGER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1949 – June 24, 1969
Service recordLawrence K Hinschberger, of Moorhead, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 7
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Moorhead, Minnesota (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 7
- RICHARD ALLEN ELLSWORTHSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- JOHN VICTOR GILKERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
- ROGERS STUART GORDONCorporal · June 24, 1969
- ALBERT JUNIOR JONESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
From Moorhead
- ROBERT DARREL LARSONCaptain · February 2, 1962
- MELVIN JAMES STOCKDALESpecialist Five · January 29, 1966
- ALLEN JEROME RITTERPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- DANIEL LAWRENCE AAMOLDAirman First Class · August 20, 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.