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LAWRENCE THOMAS BORDEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1944 – September 13, 1966
Service recordLawrence Thomas Borden, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Charlestown, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 90
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- ROBERT ELMER BRYANTCorporal · September 13, 1966
- ROGER DALE CHILDERSAirman · September 13, 1966
- CHARLES PAUL ELLISPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
From Charlestown
- EDWARD LEE JOHNSONLance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- DAVID JAMES PUGHLance Corporal · March 15, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK QUINNSecond Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
- FRANCIS EDWARD POWERS JRCaptain · October 12, 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.