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LAWRENCE WAITERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 27, 1945 – August 28, 1968
Service recordLawrence Waiters, of Hartsville, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 54
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Hartsville, South Carolina (Darlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Darlac Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 54
- ISIAH THOMASCorporal · August 28, 1968
- TOM MICHAEL THOMASCorporal · August 28, 1968
- MICHAEL HAMILTON TUTENPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- WILLIAM WALTER WATERS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEDD EDWARD ASHBYSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 46
- BRADLEY RICHARD DEGENAARSSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 47
- WILLIAM TERRELL DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 48
- PEDRO DIAZCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 48
- CHARLIE MURPHY LEONARDSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 50
- MARCELINO NIEVES-COLON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 52
From Hartsville
- JAMES PHILEMON TYNERFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1966
- CORDIE LEE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- JAMES POSTONSergeant · September 9, 1966
- EMMITT ROOSEVELT GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- ADGER EUGENE MOODYSpecialist Six · March 21, 1969
- JAMES LEE WILKSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- THOMAS PICKETT BYRD KINGFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1971
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.