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JESSE HUGH LAWSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 13, 1937 – June 11, 1965
Service recordJesse Hugh Lawson, of Spanaway, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 8
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 13, 1937
- Home of record
- Spanaway, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 8
- SAMUEL JOSEPH GANCIMajor · June 11, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- TERRENCE RICHARD TITUSCaptain · June 11, 1965
- NORMAN COLUMBUS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
Same unit, same day
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · Panel 2E, Line 8
From Spanaway
- PATRICK BENNETT MORRISSpecialist Four · June 30, 1971
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.