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LAWRENCE O WASHINGTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 24, 1941 – January 29, 1970
Service recordLawrence O Washington, of Henderson, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 80
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Henderson, Kentucky (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 80
- WILBERT REEDCorporal · January 29, 1970
- JOE HEARNE RUFTYFirst Lieutenant · January 29, 1970
- ROY LEE STRINGERCorporal · January 29, 1970
- WILLIAM ALLEN DIXONStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1970
From Henderson
- KENNETH EUGENE DUNCANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT NUNNPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM LEON BUSBYFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- RICHARD CLYDE COLEMANSergeant · May 19, 1968
- DONALD ROBERT MILLERCorporal · May 31, 1968
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.