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LAWRENCE R COSTELLO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 12, 1941 – November 1, 1966
Service recordLawrence R Costello, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 3
- CHARLES N CARSON JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- CHARLES CHAPMAN CLARKPlatoon Sergeant · November 1, 1966
- MARION LEON DRAPERSergeant · November 1, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN EDRISCommander · November 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 2
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 2
- WILLIAM GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 4
- DAYTON LEO HARE JRFirst Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 4
- JOSHUA THOMAS JONESSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 6
- JOHN FRANCIS KNOPFPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 6
- DANIEL TIOFILIO MARTINEZSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 7
- WILLIAM G MENDENHALLSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 7
- ALLAN ARLYN MILKSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 7
- ROBERT LE ROY SHUCKSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 8
- MICHAEL HOWARD STOFLETPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 8
- JOSE ANGEL VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 8
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- WARREN EDWARD KECKSpecialist Five · March 10, 1967
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.