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LAWRENCE KENNETH SEPULVEDA
Sergeant Major · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1926 – January 7, 1968
Service recordLawrence Kenneth Sepulveda, of Valdosta, Georgia, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 75
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
- Sergeant Major (SGTMAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 6, 1926
- Home of record
- Valdosta, Georgia (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 75
- WILLIAM GEORGE SCHRAMMSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- KENNETH SHELDON SMITH JRPrivate · January 7, 1968
- JAMES MARVIN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1968
- FRANK SUTTONSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
From Valdosta
- JOHNNIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- HORACE ALVESTER HAMPTONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- MAXIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- CLEVELAND DAVID JONESStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- ARTHUR LEE BRUNTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- WILLIE LEE RICHARDSONMaster Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- LARRY LEON MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY INMANCorporal · June 16, 1968
- ROY CARROLL REGISTERStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- MARVIN BURNETT MULLIS JRPrivate First Class · November 2, 1968
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.