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LAWRENCE RANDOLPH BULLEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 10, 1946 – August 26, 1968
Service recordLawrence Randolph Bullen, of Oxford, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 30
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Oxford, Maryland (Talbot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 30
- KENNETH MICHAEL KARDASHSergeant · August 26, 1968
- BRUCE THOMAS KENNEDYPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- RICHARD OTIS KROGHCorporal · August 26, 1968
- FRANCIS JOSEPH LEBLANCSpecialist Four · August 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY RAY VENABLESergeant · Panel 46W, Line 35
From Oxford
- WILLIAM A SLAUGHTER JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 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.