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LAWRENCE ROBERT ESSER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 21, 1948 – March 12, 1969
Service recordLawrence Robert Esser, of Minot, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 18
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Minot, North Dakota (Ward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 18
- CLIFFORD MARKWOOD CORKPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- HARLAN MERDEAN CRAFTSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- JACKIE LAWRENCE CROSBYCorporal · March 12, 1969
- RONALD LYNN FRANCELance Corporal · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS BRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 17
- JACKIE LAWRENCE CROSBYCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 18
- SIGMOND MICHAEL SIKORSKISpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 24
- GERALD LEROY THARPPrivate · Panel 29W, Line 25
From Minot
- ALLAN JAMES KOROMLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- THOMAS A WELKERStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- LEON LEROY LOCHTHOWEPrivate First Class · September 22, 1967
- WARD GUNARD WALTERSergeant · November 29, 1967
- RICHARD LEE BORGMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- GEORGE ERNEST VALKER IIISpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- ROBERT ALVIN BROTHENSergeant · February 27, 1969
- RICHARD ANTHONY VOLKLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- JOHN MORRIS JOYCEFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 1969
- BRUCE LLOYD WOLDSergeant · April 21, 1970
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.