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LAWRENCE WILKERSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 13, 1934 – July 5, 1971
Service recordLawrence Wilkerson, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 5, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 101
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 13, 1934
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1971
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 101
- WINDOL WILSON MCNUTTTechnical Sergeant · July 5, 1971
- EDWARD LEWIS MORTIMER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1971
- DONALD GENE CARRMajor · July 6, 1971
- ROBERT FORD DAVISSpecialist Four · July 6, 1971
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.