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LAWRENCE THEODORE HAMMOND
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1945 – January 17, 1966
Service recordLawrence Theodore Hammond, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 77
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
- Electrician (1141)
- Born
- February 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 77
- EARL WILLIAM FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1966
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- JOSEPH RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1966
- JOSEPH GEORGE SERCOVICHCorporal · January 17, 1966
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.