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LAWRENCE LEE FULLAWAY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 16, 1945 – April 11, 1968
Service recordLawrence Lee Fullaway, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1968, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 21
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 21
- EDWARD JOSEPH DOWNEY JRPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE ERWINPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD FINLEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- DELLWYN ALLEN FITCHCorporal · April 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES C WOODCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 27
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.