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LAWRENCE RICHARD MOYER
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1936 – August 31, 1967
Service recordLawrence Richard Moyer, of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 75
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- September 20, 1936
- Home of record
- Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 75
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- DANIEL LEE MULLINSFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1967
- FRANK MANUEL PACHECOSergeant First Class · August 31, 1967
- RICHARD CLARK PERRYLieutenant Commander · August 31, 1967
From Conshohocken
- JOHN WILLIAM FOXCorporal · April 3, 1968
- MILES GREGORY WILDMANSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- JOHN PAUL MURPHYSpecialist Four · November 10, 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.