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JAMES MACK LAWING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 24, 1947 – October 4, 1968
Service recordJames Mack Lawing, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 41W, Line 6
- LOVETT LEE HARRELLPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD LOTHMANSpecialist Four · October 4, 1968
- HUBERT WAYNE MILLERSpecialist Four · October 4, 1968
- ANTONIO MILSTEADStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WARREN LESTER RUTLANDSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 8
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.