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LAWRENCE NELSON CONEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 5, 1948 – July 3, 1968
Service recordLawrence Nelson Coney, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 41
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 41
- JOHN DAVIES COX JRPrivate First Class · July 3, 1968
- RAYMOND COYLE DALEYFirst Lieutenant · July 3, 1968
- JOHN DUDLEY DALHOUSECaptain · July 3, 1968
- THOMAS ALPHONSE DAVINOSergeant · July 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD ANDREWSPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 40
- JIMMIE HANKERSONPrivate · Panel 54W, Line 40
- DILLARD RAY LAYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 2
- CHARLES ANTHONY MARIASergeant · Panel 53W, Line 3
- MELVIN JOHN SCHEUBLECorporal · Panel 53W, Line 5
- HAROLD RAY SILVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 5
- CLARENCE WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 6
- RONALD KEITH WEISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 7
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.