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DONALD VICTOR LAWSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 14, 1944 – April 12, 1967
Service recordDonald Victor Lawson JR, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 19
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · April 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JERRARD KOTULLASergeant · April 12, 1967
- NICHOLAS KRIMONTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1967
- FRANK ANTHONY MADISONAirman First Class · April 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- COLBURN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 18
- MICHAEL JERRARD KOTULLASergeant · Panel 18E, Line 19
- NICHOLAS KRIMONTPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 19
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 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.