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JAMES GARFIELD LAWSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 4, 1947 – September 10, 1967
Service recordJames Garfield Lawson, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · 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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
66 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 47
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- EDWARD WRAY KINESCorporal · September 10, 1967
- RAYMOND ROLAND LAPOINTELance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- EDGAR WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 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.