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LAWSON J SCHROYER III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1948 – November 6, 1968
Service recordLawson J Schroyer III, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 28
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 28
- GEORGE ALFRED MARKS JRHospitalman · November 6, 1968
- GERALD CARL MULLINCorporal · November 6, 1968
- WILLIAM DEWITT NELSONSpecialist Four · November 6, 1968
- GERALD ROY PETERSONCorporal · November 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LEWIS BECKERSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 25
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.