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MICHAEL D LAWRENCE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1949 – March 23, 1968
Service recordMichael D Lawrence, of Granger, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 64
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Granger, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 64
- CLARENCE DAWKINS JRLance Corporal · March 23, 1968
- ROBERT ADAM KANESKISpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- DONALD FRANCIS LANDERSCorporal · March 23, 1968
- FRANK RALPH MELL JRPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
From Granger
- JAMES FRANCIS SCHIELEStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- ARTHUR ALLEN CALLISTERCorporal · February 2, 1969
- QUENTON LEE CHRISTENSENSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- ROBERT KENT WORTHENPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
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.