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LAWRENCE WILLIAMS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 10, 1947 – April 27, 1968
Service recordLawrence Williams, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 32
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
- August 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 32
- WAYNE EDWARD SEXTONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SEYKORASergeant · April 27, 1968
- ROGER DAVID ZEIGLERCorporal · April 27, 1968
- RICHARD STEVEN BANKSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.