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MICHAEL HOWARD LAWHON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1947 – August 11, 1969
Service recordMichael Howard Lawhon, of Noblesville, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Noblesville, Indiana (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 3
- BERNARD LEE HOLZKNECHTCorporal · August 11, 1969
- RANDALL FRANK KASERPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH KESTERPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- RANDOLPH LOUIS LARSONSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT WOODSSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 6
From Noblesville
- BENJAMIN D COY JRSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
- ALAN JENSEN BARDACHFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- STEVEN EUGENE CLARKPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES CUPPCorporal · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE RANDALL SRCorporal · October 10, 1968
- DANIEL LEE TERRYStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL GRANTStaff Sergeant · December 15, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE SHELTONCorporal · January 24, 1970
- LAWRENCE LEE GORDONCorporal · May 6, 1970
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.