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LAWRENCE PINALES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 28, 1948 – July 4, 1968
Service recordLawrence Pinales, of San Pedro, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 11
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 28, 1948
- Home of record
- San Pedro, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 11
- WILLIAM ARNOLD BECKWITHLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- EUGENE LYNN MARKWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- DAVID REID NELSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- WALTER JAMES ONEILChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 4, 1968
From San Pedro
- PAUL JOSEPH MARQUEZSpecialist Four · September 9, 1965
- DONALD STEPHEN NEWTONSergeant First Class · February 26, 1966
- MOLIMAU ASOMALIU TELASergeant · April 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS ELLSWORTH NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1967
- RALPH PAUL VILLEGASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- STEVE BUTOROVICCorporal · May 2, 1968
- FREDDIE JOE CIGARPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HEEPLieutenant · August 24, 1968
- DAVID PATRICK DOLANLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY BURICH JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 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.