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LAWRENCE RICHARD DUFFY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1941 – November 29, 1967
Service recordLawrence Richard Duffy, of Waltham, Massachusetts, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 3
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Waltham, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 3
- DALE CONNARD BREWERLance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- VICTOR LINCOLN CRUMPCorporal · November 29, 1967
- WILSON NATHENIAL FLOWERSPetty Officer Second Class · November 29, 1967
- STEVEN FORREST FREEMANCorporal · November 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MARTIN KOVANDASpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 4
- JOHN PETER KURZSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 4
- THEODORE MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 5
- KENNETH HAROLD NORESpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 6
- WILLIE LEE SHEGOGSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 6
- JAMES ARTHUR SNOOKSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 7
From Waltham
- EMIL JEROME TADEVICHCorporal · December 31, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD ONEILL JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- THOMAS FRANCIS JACKSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN MILLER SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH PAUL RANDOPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW DUPEREPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- REGINALD JOSEPH GAUTREAULance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- PAUL CHESTER KING JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- MICHAEL MURPHYLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- KENNETH FREDERICK MOORESPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
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.