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LAWRENCE MARVIN SVOBODNY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1947 – September 13, 1967
Service recordLawrence Marvin Svobodny, of Mahnomen, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 68
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)
- 2 PLT C TRP 1 SQ 1 ARM CAV REG
- Born
- July 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Mahnomen, Minnesota (Mahnomen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 68
- DAVID LEON STRAITLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
- PAUL ROBERT MACK STRANGECorporal · September 13, 1967
- RONALD STEVEN SWEETSecond Lieutenant · September 13, 1967
- KENNETH D WEISMaster Sergeant · September 13, 1967
From Mahnomen
- WAYNE ADELBERT MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- TERENCE MICHAEL KJOSPrivate First Class · August 19, 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.