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LAWRENCE W BREITNITZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 6, 1947 – September 24, 1968
Service recordLawrence W Breitnitz, of Ocala, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 4
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Ocala, Florida (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 4
- GEORGE MICHAEL CUNNINGHAMCaptain · September 24, 1968
- NORMAN NORTHRO CUNNINGHAMMajor · September 24, 1968
- MARIO PEREDA ESTRADACorporal · September 24, 1968
From Ocala
- HAROLD GOLDMANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM ROWLAND JRCorporal · January 23, 1966
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · June 9, 1966
- DONALD GENE VERNONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- SAMUEL T SCRIVENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- OSCAR LOW THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HOPPERLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- MAURICE THERON WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · February 17, 1968
- LUCIUS ANDERSON JRSergeant · March 14, 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.