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LAWRENCE NEIL SAVINO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 20, 1947 – May 25, 1969
Service recordLawrence Neil Savino, of Northampton, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Northampton, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 107
- MICHAEL ANTHONY POWELLLance Corporal · May 25, 1969
- JAN RAUSCHKOLBCorporal · May 25, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANK SKAGGSCorporal · May 25, 1969
- TERRY ALLAN SUNDEENPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PATRICK DUFFY JRSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 102
- ALBERT CALVIN WALLS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 108
From Northampton
- PHILIP RICHARD VANASSECorporal · May 8, 1967
- LEONARD PETER DEINLEINLance Corporal · March 1, 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.