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LAWRENCE RAY PEEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1951 – April 28, 1971
Service recordLawrence Ray Peel, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 16
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1951
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 16
- RICHARD LAWRENCE DEMUTHSpecialist Four · April 28, 1971
- BENJAMIN GAINES LANGFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1971
- GERALD CALVIN SEYBOLDChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 28, 1971
- DAVID WARREN WINDSOR JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JUAN SANTOS BORJAStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 15
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
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 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.