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LAWRENCE SMITH VOGEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 7, 1946 – January 27, 1967
Service recordLawrence Smith Vogel, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1967, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 89
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 89
- STEVE ALBERT SRSENPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- JOHN STEVEN WOOLHEATERPetty Officer Third Class · January 27, 1967
- RICHARD VICKERS THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1969
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.