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FREDDIE DON LAWSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 29, 1945 – August 3, 1967
Service recordFreddie Don Lawson, of Siler, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 71
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Siler, Kentucky (Whitley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 71
- RUFUS WILSON BILLSSergeant First Class · August 3, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM BISCHOFFCaptain · August 3, 1967
- CLARENCE HERBERT BROOKSSpecialist Four · August 3, 1967
- RONALD LEE BUMPUSSergeant · August 3, 1967
From Siler
- FLOYD WYNNPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- RONNIE LAWSONCorporal · June 27, 1969
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.