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WILLIAM DEAN LARAWAY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 26, 1943 – April 11, 1967
Service recordWilliam Dean Laraway, of Seymour, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 15
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Seymour, Indiana (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 15
- KENNETH GLEN KONOFFSergeant · April 11, 1967
- EUGENE RICHARD KRITZSergeant · April 11, 1967
- CHARLES LATTIMORE JRSergeant · April 11, 1967
- CHARLES RAYStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1967
From Seymour
- JACKIE DEAN REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- KENNETH MERLE BRANAMANPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- HOMER HOWARD HAWSCorporal · April 15, 1968
- THOMAS ARTHUR STEVENS JRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY CLEVENGERSergeant Major · June 6, 1969
- GARY LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · June 24, 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.