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LAWRENCE RICHAR MERSCHROD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1947 – September 27, 1968
Service recordLawrence Richar Merschrod, of New Milford, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1947
- Home of record
- New Milford, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 30
- LEROY ALAN KINGSpecialist Five · September 27, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN KNOLLStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1968
- EDWARD LESTER LAWTONCorporal · September 27, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH L MASONPrivate · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEFFERY CHARLES NILESCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 26
- DELFIN HILARIO COOKStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 27
- CHARLES EDWARD DELASSUSSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 28
- KEVIN LESLIE GREENESergeant · Panel 42W, Line 29
- QUENTIN FOXX HURSTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 29
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 42W, Line 33
From New Milford
- LESTER GEORGE MICHELSStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS E GRIXSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- JAMES BERNARD WOODS JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.