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LAWRENCE MICHAEL DART
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1945 – November 7, 1969
Service recordLawrence Michael Dart, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 42
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 42
- ANTHONY MARIAN FIRAKSergeant · November 7, 1969
- JAMES ALFRED GAISERFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1969
- DAVID CURTIS GREESONWarrant Officer 1 · November 7, 1969
- HARRY EDWARD UNDERWOODCorporal · November 7, 1969
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.