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TORY DRAKE LAWRENCE
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 23, 1947 – September 19, 1970
Service recordTory Drake Lawrence, of Murphys, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 73
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Murphys, California (Calaveras County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 73
- MARK ALAN HENSLEYCorporal · September 19, 1970
- MILAN LAVOY LEESergeant · September 19, 1970
- JESSE LEE LENLEYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1970
- LELAND MCGEE MEHLSSergeant · September 19, 1970
- WESLEY ALVIN STIVERSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 2005
Same unit, same day
- MARK ALAN HENSLEYCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 73
- ROGER DALE OVERWEGSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 75
- THOMAS ALLEBACH SHIPECorporal · Panel 7W, Line 75
From Murphys
- GENE RAY KUNTZCorporal · January 5, 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.