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LAWRENCE MOBLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 26, 1947 – May 4, 1968
Service recordLawrence Mobley, of Clinton, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 38
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Clinton, North Carolina (Sampson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 54E, Line 38
- THOMAS A MCCORMICK JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- SUTTON MOBLEY JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM MORANCorporal · May 4, 1968
- SAMUEL THOMAS NEIL JRStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1968
From Clinton
- HOWARD CECIL WESTSpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
- ELBERT THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- KENNETH PETE WILSONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER HIAWATHA BELLPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- CHARLES LONNELL MCLAURINPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- SAMUEL EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- KERMIT LOUIS WILLIAMSSergeant · September 18, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD DANIELSSergeant · July 27, 1969
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.