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LAWRENCE W OMEARA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 21, 1947 – March 28, 1968
Service recordLawrence W Omeara, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 58
- JOSEPH CONARD PARK JRSecond Lieutenant · March 28, 1968
- BERNARD MCKINLEY RICHARDSONCorporal · March 28, 1968
- DAVID LYLE ROSSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- VERNON DALE SANDVIGSergeant · March 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LAVERN BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 52
- RAYMOND CHARLES DOWNINSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 53
- PAUL DAVID KUEHLPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 56
- FREDERICK DONALD MCCARTYSergeant First Class · Panel 46E, Line 57
- JOSEPH CONARD PARK JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 58
- JOSEPH FRANCIS SCHLICKSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 59
- ELMORE ROBERT SIMPSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 46E, Line 59
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.