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MICHAEL EUGENE LAWTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1949 – December 1, 1968
Service recordMichael Eugene Lawton, of Pittsford, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 17
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsford, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 17
- ALFREDO D GRANADO-AVILESCorporal · December 1, 1968
- LARRY STEVEN HEATERLance Corporal · December 1, 1968
- DAVID PETER HELLENBRANDSpecialist Four · December 1, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN KISERCorporal · December 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NEWTON RAY PLUMMERSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 18
From Pittsford
- JOHN CARL GRESENSLance Corporal · January 6, 1967
- ELTON LAWRENCE PERRINEColonel · May 22, 1967
- MELVIN DAVID MORGAN JRSpecialist Five · January 2, 1969
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.