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LAWRENCE NEAL HELBER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
February 5, 1934 – January 24, 1966
Service recordLawrence Neal Helber, of Logan, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on January 24, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 84
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Frs Basic Ea-6a/B Electronic Warfare Officer (I) (7582)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H & MS 11 MAG 11 1 MAW
- Born
- February 5, 1934
- Home of record
- Logan, Ohio (Hocking County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 24, 1966
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 84
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- DELMAR GEORGE BOOZECaptain · January 24, 1966
- RAYMOND LEWIS BOWEN JRSpecialist Four · January 24, 1966
- EDWARD JAN COXSergeant First Class · January 24, 1966
From Logan
- FRANCIS IVAN TOOPSCorporal · October 8, 1965
- GARY LESLIE CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- JOSEPH RICHARD BACHUSPetty Officer Second Class · November 7, 1966
- MARCUS JAMES HAMILTONSpecialist Four · August 27, 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.