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DANIEL W LAWSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1947 – March 5, 1969
Service recordDaniel W Lawson, of North Highlands, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- North Highlands, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 47
- LAVERN MICHAEL LAMEYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- GERALD BRUCE LANEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- JOHNNY RALPH LYNNPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- KENNETH MARTINSpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LAWRENCE BROWNSergeant First Class · Panel 30W, Line 42
- MICHAEL ARTHUR DUNNEBACKPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 43
- WILLIAM THOMAS HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 43
- DAVID PAUL JACOBSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 45
- JOHN ALEXANDER NOWAKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 48
- CLAYTON ANDREW SONGLESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 49
- STANLEY BRUCE ZIEGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 50
From North Highlands
- RUSSELL EDWARD METZGERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- JAMES CHARLES KROUSETechnical Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- STEPHEN RENIER TUBREFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1968
- MICHAEL ARCHIE BLAKEYSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- RANDOLPH BROWN JRLance Corporal · February 12, 1969
- ROY EDWARD PITTSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- DAVID LESLIE PALMERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER SMARTTCorporal · December 31, 1972
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.