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LAWRENCE LOU WIESENDANGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 28, 1949 – May 2, 1971
Service recordLawrence Lou Wiesendanger, of Metairie, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 23
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Metairie, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 23
- WILLIAM HENRY WALTON JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1971
- DERRILL LEE BURNSIDECaptain · May 3, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT KIGERSergeant · May 3, 1971
- ROBERT HENRY ROYERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GERALD THOMAS GINDLESBERGERPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 21
From Metairie
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- DONALD GLENN TUYESLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LOUIS LLOYD BRADLEY JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- EDWARD E STOCKWELL JRFireman · January 16, 1969
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1969
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 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.