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LAWRENCE L FANT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 19, 1944 – May 9, 1967
Service recordLawrence L Fant, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 70
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1944
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 70
- LAYNE FARELL CLIFTONPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- MORRIS FRANKLIN DIXON JRCorporal · May 9, 1967
- MERL THOMAS DUNN JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD AUGUST HEINPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 72
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.