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MICHAEL JAMES LAWRENCE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1950 – August 25, 1969
Service recordMichael James Lawrence, of Maplewood, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 113
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
- January 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Maplewood, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 113
- ALLEN LYNN HITESLance Corporal · August 25, 1969
- DIXON TALMADGE KINARDSergeant First Class · August 25, 1969
- PAUL FRANCIS KOSTICKSergeant · August 25, 1969
- MELVIN W LAYSergeant First Class · August 25, 1969
- STEPHEN EUGENE BEBOUTSergeant · January 9, 1972
From Maplewood
- ROBERT WAYNE ANDREASENPrivate First Class · November 28, 1965
- STANLEY MARCEL STASZAKMajor · April 4, 1959
- GREGORY MCINTYREPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- RUSSELL HUBARD CORNISHPrivate First Class · April 12, 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.