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LONNIE CHARLES LAWS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 22, 1948 – September 1, 1968
Service recordLonnie Charles Laws, of Statesville, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 20
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Statesville, North Carolina (Iredell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 45W, Line 20
- JAN DWAIN JAMISONPetty Officer First Class · September 1, 1968
- WILLIAM LOUIS KINKADECaptain · September 1, 1968
- JAMES WALTER LAHTIFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1968
- JAMES MINICK MOOREStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GWYN THAXTON HENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 19
- JAMES WALTER LAHTIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 20
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 23
From Statesville
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- JOHNIE WAYNE MCLAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · September 5, 1967
- GEORGE LAXLEY MYERSSergeant · December 12, 1967
- ELBERT HENRY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- RONALD JAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- ARDREY WATTS BARRINGER JRPrivate · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · August 25, 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.