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PATRICK EUGENE LAWLOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 17, 1949 – May 30, 1970
Service recordPatrick Eugene Lawlor, of Oakland, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 121
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Oakland, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 121
- WILLIAM ELLIS GAY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 30, 1970
- RICHARD GUSTAVE HAILE JRSergeant · May 30, 1970
- STANLEY REGAN KIMMELSpecialist Four · May 30, 1970
- KEN SWAIN MAXWELLSergeant · May 30, 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.