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LAWRENCE MARTIN JENNINGS
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 26, 1945 – January 19, 1968
Service recordLawrence Martin Jennings, of Utica, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Utica, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 77
- MICHAEL PATRICK HALPINPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- GENE DANIEL HICKSSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- BYRON STEVEN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- WILLIAM DARRELL JOHNSONSergeant First Class · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL BRUCE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 73
- MICHAEL JOHN DUNNSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 76
From Utica
- FRANCIS WILLIAM RUCH IIPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- GREGORY CHESTER BIELICKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- THOMAS GEORGE JONESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- EDWARD MARK BRADYLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JOHN JACOB LAWENDOWSKIMajor · October 26, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR FELSHAWPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- JOSEPH STANLEY ZAWTOCKI JRStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- STANLEY GEORGE DENISOWSKISpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- VAN LASALLE RANDOLPH JRSpecialist Four · December 9, 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.