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LAWRENCE WILLIAMS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 4, 1947 – September 25, 1966
Service recordLawrence Williams JR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 281 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 4, 1947
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “281 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 19
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- REGINALD LOUIS CONEPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- NORMAN LEE DUPREMajor · September 26, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GRUNDMANMajor · September 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 12
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.