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RONNIE LAWSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 8, 1948 – June 27, 1969
Service recordRonnie Lawson, of Siler, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 24
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Siler, Kentucky (Whitley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 24
- LEON SHIRLEY MADDENStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
- PHILIP MASTRAMICOSergeant · June 27, 1969
- MICHAEL GIOVANNI MENNONEPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- MARVIN RAY MILLERCorporal · June 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVE OTTO STRASSHOFERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 26
From Siler
- FLOYD WYNNPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- FREDDIE DON LAWSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1967
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.