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LEO CHARLES LAWSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1945 – July 25, 1966
Service recordLeo Charles Lawson, of San Leandro, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 75
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 28, 1945
- Home of record
- San Leandro, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 75
- GERARD MARTIN KIESWETTERMajor · July 25, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN LYSAGHTLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- ROBERT CLAYTON MOORESergeant · July 25, 1966
- ROBERT RAY MYLESStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
From San Leandro
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · January 25, 1967
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · April 4, 1967
- GAYLORD DEAN PETERSENLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS ABINAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOSEPH D DAUGHTON JRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- HARRY LEWIS BOYLESergeant First Class · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMSFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT DALE TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
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.