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LAWRENCE R OLIVEIRA
Captain · U.S. Army
May 10, 1945 – May 13, 1969
Service recordLawrence R Oliveira, of Hana, Hawaii, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Born
- May 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Hana, Hawaii
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Added to the Wall
- 2020
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 108
- BILLY LEE THOMASSpecialist Four · May 25, 1969
- RALPH ALLAN VITCHSpecialist Four · May 25, 1969
- ALBERT CALVIN WALLS JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- JIM JAMES WALTERSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- MONEK WEITZPrivate · May 25, 1969
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2020, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.