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WILLIAM LARRY LAW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 3, 1946 – June 21, 1968
Service recordWilliam Larry Law, of Greenup, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 14
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Greenup, Kentucky (Greenup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 14
- BRADLEY JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 21, 1968
- BARRY EDWARD KINCAIDPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
- JAMES LEE LUTTRELLPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
- DAVID LETCHER MCDONALDSergeant · June 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- UDELL CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 11
- JAMES ROBERT ZBOYOVSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 16
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.