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WILLIAM H LAURENCE JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 8, 1946 – August 26, 1970
Service recordWilliam H Laurence JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1970, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 12
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1946
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 12
- CURTIS JOHNSON MANRINGCorporal · August 26, 1970
- HIMA DUNCAN MCDOUGALL JRSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- MICHAEL LYNN MORGANCorporal · August 26, 1970
- DANIEL WEBSTER YORKChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENNY RAY HALSTEADSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 9
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS CARRCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 10
- LARRY BRUCE JACOBSONSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 11
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.