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WILLIAM AUBREY LAWRENCE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 3, 1945 – April 17, 1968
Service recordWilliam Aubrey Lawrence, of Man, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Man, West Virginia (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; 22 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 50E, Line 32
- KENNETH ALLEN MCCLAINLance Corporal · April 17, 1968
- JIM CARL MCNAMARHospitalman · April 17, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM MULLEN JRLance Corporal · April 17, 1968
- WILLIAM PATRICK OFARRELLPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
From Man
- TERRANCE NEIL GENTRYSergeant · August 25, 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.