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LAWRENCE WILLIAM SHAY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1941 – June 15, 1966
Service recordLawrence William Shay JR, of Portland, Maine, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 49
- BILLY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- NATHANIEL HUBBARDCorporal · June 15, 1966
- RAYMOND HOYT HUDSONSergeant · June 15, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM SHAYSpecialist Four · June 15, 1966
From Portland
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · June 8, 1966
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · August 2, 1966
- ROBERT GREGORY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- PAUL LEWIS STIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN TURNERPetty Officer Second Class · May 18, 1967
- HAROLD ELLSWORTH SOUTHARDPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE LANOSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH DARCYChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD COLOSANTIPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
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.