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LAWRENCE LEE DWYER JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1950 – October 16, 1969
Service recordLawrence Lee Dwyer JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 16, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 83
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 10, 1950
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 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
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 83
- DAVID LOUIS JOLIETSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
- BEN CALHOUN WARDPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- LAWRENCE RANDOLPH BOOTHMajor · October 16, 1969
- JIMMIE DONOVAN BROWNSpecialist Four · October 16, 1969
- PAUL EVERETT WALLLieutenant Commander · October 16, 1969
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.