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LAWRENCE MCFIE OXX JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1948 – January 28, 1972
Service recordLawrence McFie Oxx JR, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1972, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Elizabeth City, North Carolina (Pasquotank County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1972; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 101
- MARK ERWIN ALLENSpecialist Four · January 26, 1972
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CRANE IIPrivate First Class · January 27, 1972
- EDWARD EUGENE TAYLORStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1972
- PANORMITIS STAVLASFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1972
Same unit, same day
- PANORMITIS STAVLASFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 101
From Elizabeth City
- WILLIAM HENRY LAMBSergeant · July 18, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SADLERLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- STERLING G W RIDDICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- KENNETH JONES EYER JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- ERNEST BERTIE WHITESpecialist Five · October 13, 1969
- HARVEY WAYNE BAKERMaster Sergeant · January 1, 1972
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.