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LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1948 – June 3, 1967
Service recordLawson Douglas Gerard, of Santa Monica, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 45
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Monica, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “F CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 45
- JOHN PAUL FRANCISCorporal · June 3, 1967
- JOHN GARRETT GARDNERCaptain · June 3, 1967
- HARRY EUGENE GEARYCorporal · June 3, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY RAY CROOKPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 42
From Santa Monica
- ODIS DANIEL ARNOLDLieutenant Colonel · June 30, 1961
- MARK RICHARDSON CHASESpecialist Four · March 4, 1965
- DAVID MICHEL HANNPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- OSCAR ROLAND CARRIEREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL SECANTIMajor · August 19, 1967
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.