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MICHAEL CARTER LAWSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 5, 1950 – February 9, 1971
Service recordMichael Carter Lawson, of Cincinnati, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 93
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Iowa (Appanoose County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1971; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 93
- JAMES FREW COLLINSChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 9, 1971
- DONALD ANDREW MACKEYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1971
- JOSEPH RAY PIETRZAKSergeant · February 10, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER LAG RAIMEYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL FRANCIS FARRELLCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 90
- JAMES ANTHONY MCINTYRESpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 91
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.