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LAWRENCE NEIL DEBOER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1945 – May 10, 1970
Service recordLawrence Neil Deboer, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 11
- CHARLES ALLEN COVEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD DEBREWCorporal · May 10, 1970
- TIMOTHY CALVIN DRAKESergeant First Class · May 10, 1970
- ALFRED JAMES GAIDISWarrant Officer 1 · May 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD DEBREWCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 11
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HARMS JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 12
- THOMAS BRUCE MERRIMANSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 13
- ERNEST LAWRENCE MOORESergeant · Panel 10W, Line 14
- LESLIE HALASZ SABO JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 15
- RONALD OWEN SMILEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 15
- DONALD WOODROW SMITHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 16
- LESLIE JOE WILBANKSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 16
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.