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SEWALL KENT LAWRENCE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 18, 1950 – November 6, 1970
Service recordSewall Kent Lawrence, of Yorktown Heights, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 40
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Yorktown Heights, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 40
- KEVIN RICHARD HUMPHREYLance Corporal · November 5, 1970
- RONALD WAITSEL ISENHOURSergeant · November 5, 1970
- PETER JOSEPH LANDRYFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1970
- ROBERT KEITH MILBRATHLieutenant Colonel · November 5, 1970
From Yorktown Heights
- DANIEL THOMAS NUTLYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- STEPHEN SCOTT SMITHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- MICHAEL STEPHEN ROMANOSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1968
- LOUIS VINCENT SUPINOStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT MURPHYLance Corporal · February 8, 1968
- CRAIG NICHOLAS BARRYSergeant · April 11, 1970
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.