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LAWRENCE WESLEY DUDLEY JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1943 – April 5, 1969
Service recordLawrence Wesley Dudley JR, of Houston, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 16
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 16
- JONATHAN COLLINS IIISpecialist Four · April 5, 1969
- STEVEN ELLIS DONALDSONSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- JOHN NEWT EDWARDSMaster Sergeant · April 5, 1969
- ISLAM OZGERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JONATHAN COLLINS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 16
- CHUCK MICHAEL STADELPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 22
- DOUGLAS LEE VANDE-VEGTECorporal · Panel 27W, Line 22
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.