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LAWRENCE KENNETH ARTHUR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 2, 1949 – May 28, 1968
Service recordLawrence Kenneth Arthur, of Lowville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 4
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
- September 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Lowville, New York (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 4
- SYLVAIN LARRY WHITEFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1968
- RICARDO YBARRAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- JOHN CURTIS YOUNGLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- MOSES JUNE BACOTELance Corporal · May 28, 1968
From Lowville
- MARTIN LARRY HANNOSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN ROCCO PERRETTACorporal · February 15, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM RIALEPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
- ALLAN RONALD GYORECaptain · March 5, 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.