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LAWRENCE ROBERT WARF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1949 – January 3, 1970
Service recordLawrence Robert Warf, of Visalia, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 124
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Visalia, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 124
- HERMAN HALEMANU BANSergeant · January 4, 1970
- THOMAS LEE BLANKSSergeant · January 4, 1970
- PAUL BOREN BLUNT JRSeaman · January 4, 1970
- ROY LEE HAMMONDSCorporal · January 4, 1970
From Visalia
- DANNY DAVID DYESpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- ALONZO DALE WOODSSergeant · May 2, 1967
- REYNALDO B FLOREZPrivate First Class · June 26, 1967
- ROGER GORDON LEADBETTERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- JAMES LOUIS KELLERStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1968
- LOUR LEDESMASergeant · April 23, 1968
- MICHAEL MALLORY MONTGOMERYCorporal · May 5, 1968
- PHILLIP SHERMAN MOHNIKEChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1969
- CHARLES BENNY HIGHTPrivate · May 1, 1969
- FLOYD DANIEL WIMERSergeant · January 27, 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.