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PAUL HENDERSON LAWING JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 14, 1950 – June 14, 1972
Service recordPaul Henderson Lawing JR, of Lincolnton, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1972, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Lincolnton, North Carolina (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1972; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
He died in Phuoc Tuy Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 42
- MARK FREDERICK BIAGINISergeant · June 13, 1972
- WILLIE HOOVER JRSpecialist Four · June 13, 1972
- FRANCIS JOHN DAVISLieutenant Commander · June 14, 1972
- JESUS GARCIA SEPULVEDAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1972
From Lincolnton
- RALPH R SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1966
- FRANK REGINALD CAUTHENCorporal · July 12, 1968
- ROBERT LEONARD WEHUNTCaptain · December 23, 1969
- WILLIAM SPENCER SIGMON JRCorporal · May 1, 1970
- DENNIS LEE DAVESSergeant · September 13, 1970
- CARL EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · October 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.