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LAWRENCE THEODORE ANDREWS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1947 – April 1, 1969
Service recordLawrence Theodore Andrews, of Taunton, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 103
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tracked Vehicle Repairer, Self-Propelled (2144)
- Born
- November 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Taunton, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 103
- TERRY WAYNE DICKERHOFFSpecialist Five · April 1, 1969
- GARY LEE DUGGANStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1969
- BARRY LEIGH GOLDENSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
- JAMES LUTHER HALLCorporal · April 1, 1969
From Taunton
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL MURPHYSecond Lieutenant · October 5, 1965
- JOHN JAMES RAYMONDStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HENRYSergeant · March 26, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY FRANCISPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- EDWARD JAMES ANDRADECorporal · September 2, 1967
- RAYMOND ROLAND LAPOINTELance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- DOUGLAS JAMES LEMAIREWarrant Officer 1 · January 10, 1968
- RONALD RODERICKCorporal · February 4, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS SEVERINOCorporal · February 16, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH DONAHUEPetty Officer Third Class · May 28, 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.