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LAWRENCE MCCREA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1945 – April 5, 1966
Service recordLawrence McCrea, of Joplin, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Born
- June 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Joplin, Missouri (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 86
- CHARLIE REED JRSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- PAUL DAVID RODRIGUEZCorporal · April 5, 1966
- CARLOS J SANCHEZSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- JAMES L SLADE JRSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
From Joplin
- WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Five · October 21, 1965
- VIRGIL MADISON LEDFORDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- HAROLD LEROY CARVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- MONTY RAE SEWELLLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CHARLES BRENT HORTONLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JIMMY DALE HATFIELDPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- ROBERT JACK RUHL JRCorporal · February 12, 1968
- JOE RAY WHITTEDSergeant · May 15, 1968
- LARRY DEAN PLILERSergeant · May 31, 1968
- CLARK LEE HENSON JRSergeant · June 16, 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.