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LAWRENCE M WILHELM JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 11, 1943 – March 26, 1969
Service recordLawrence M Wilhelm JR, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 55
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- June 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 55
- ROBERT OLIVER WELLSSergeant · March 26, 1969
- STEVE RANDAL WHITAKERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- DONNIS GLEN WILLISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- JOSEPH F WILLISFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- OWEN DAVIS BROWN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 43
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
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.