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LAWRENCE KENT DOWD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1950 – August 11, 1969
Service recordLawrence Kent Dowd, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 11, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 1
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Bridgewater, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 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 August 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 1
- BILLY GENE CHAPMANSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- CHARLES RICKY COPECorporal · August 11, 1969
- JOHNNY JACOB CURETON JRSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL FREEMANPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
From Bridgewater
- GLENN ALFRED MENOWSKYPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- LAWRENCE FREDERICK BEALSSergeant First Class · February 25, 1968
- WALTER JOSEPH KACSOCK JRSpecialist Four · July 21, 1970
- ROBERT EDWARD MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 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.