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LAWRENCE WALKER SCANLAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 23, 1945 – March 9, 1968
Service recordLawrence Walker Scanlan, of Shawnee Mission, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Shawnee Mission, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- 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 9, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên 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 44E, Line 3
- EDWARD MARVIN STERNINSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- WILLIAM VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- RICHARD ELSWORTH VINCENTSergeant · March 9, 1968
- JERRY OTIS WOODSSergeant · March 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RONALD BATEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 65
- WILLIE B BRADFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 65
- MAURICE ALAN COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 66
- MELVIN RANDOLPH LEAVELLPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 68
- JOSEPH ESPINO PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 68
- MELTON HOWARD PRESLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 68
- JAMES RIVERAPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 69
- HENRY EARL THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 2
- EDWARD MARVIN STERNINSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 3
From Shawnee Mission
- RICHARD LYNN MOWREYLieutenant (junior grade) · December 14, 1966
- LARRY WYNN PETETTSecond Lieutenant · February 27, 1968
- ROBERT ORAL GIRDNERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- GEORGE DAVIDSON STONEPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT BALESSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE GLYNNPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- WILLIS ALBERT TOOMESSergeant · September 21, 1968
- JAMES GILBERT HUMPHREYSergeant · November 11, 1968
- LANNY JOHN WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1970
- CHARLES LEE HOSKINSCaptain · February 16, 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.