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LAWRENCE RUSSELL DANCE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 1, 1947 – May 15, 1971
Service recordLawrence Russell Dance, of Chester, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 35
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Chester, Virginia (Chesterfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 35
- DONALD MAURICE POKECorporal · May 14, 1971
- ALLEN DEAN SCOGGINStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1971
- HOWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1971
- STEVEN CRAIG BURNSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1971
From Chester
- WALTER NORRIS AMMONSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- DOUGLAS WOODFIN MURPHEY JRCaptain · December 19, 1969
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.