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LARRY EDWARD LAWSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1946 – April 30, 1973
Service recordLarry Edward Lawson, of Union, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1973, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Union, South Carolina (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1973
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1973. In April 1973, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 117
- SAMUEL LARRY JAMESCaptain · April 18, 1973
- DOUGLAS KENT MARTINCaptain · April 18, 1973
- EDWARD R SITZSergeant · April 21, 1973
- JEREMIAH FREDERICK COSTELLOCaptain · May 25, 1973
From Union
- HENRY DEAN LANKFORDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CURTIS LEE JETERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1966
- TROY MURL PUCKETTSpecialist Four · August 3, 1967
- WALLACE THOMSON MCMAKINPrivate First Class · August 12, 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.