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LAWRENCE ROBERT SHEPARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1949 – May 12, 1969
Service recordLawrence Robert Shepard, of Napa, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 84
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Napa, California (Napa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 84
- ARTHUR EDWARD SCOTTSergeant · May 12, 1969
- RONALD MARK SETTIMICorporal · May 12, 1969
- RICHARD DEAN SHANNON JRCorporal · May 12, 1969
- RICHARD LEE SICKLESCorporal · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD EARL CRAMBLETWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 65
From Napa
- JACK DANIEL LANELLISpecialist Five · August 31, 1965
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- PATRICK DALE MORIARTYChief Petty Officer · March 9, 1968
- ARNOLD JAY FERRARIStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1968
- STEVEN GARY HICKSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY CLASENPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT LEE COONRODPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · September 22, 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.