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GERRY WAYNE LAWSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1946 – February 8, 1967
Service recordGerry Wayne Lawson, of Lamar, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Lamar, Missouri (Barton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 9
- CARL FOSTERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- STEVEN MICHAEL GOLDSBOROCorporal · February 8, 1967
- HARRY LEE JAMES JRCorporal · February 8, 1967
- MILLARD FRANKLIN MEADOWSPrivate First Class · February 8, 1967
From Lamar
- JAREL WAYNE AYERSPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- CHARLES EVERETT SEATONStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1968
- CORDIS RAY WHITESpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- JOHN ADRIAN DOSSETT JRSergeant · June 11, 1970
- HOWARD WILSON LAYNE JRStaff Sergeant · July 14, 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.