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BOYCE EUGENE LAWSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 2, 1938 – January 11, 1963
Service recordBoyce Eugene Lawson, of Wise, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Born
- July 2, 1938
- Home of record
- Wise, Virginia (Wise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1963
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1963. In January 1963, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 16
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- CHARLES MILTON FITTSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JAMES DELMAS MCANDREWSpecialist Five · January 11, 1963
From Wise
- MARVIN LEON WYATTSpecialist Four · June 17, 1968
- CHARLES DON BUCHANANSpecialist Five · May 19, 1969
- ARTHUR EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE HOPKINSLance Corporal · February 24, 1970
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.