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STANLEY GARFIELD LAWSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1943 – September 21, 1968
Service recordStanley Garfield Lawson, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 53
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- March 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Kentucky (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 53
- JAMES P CONCANNON JRPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- EDWARD LYNN DAUBERTLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
- CLIFTON ANTHONY DAVISSpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM EIGHMIESpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
From Shelbyville
- BENJAMIN LUTHER BARRICKSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- CHARLES IRA CARTERPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD TRAVIS JRCorporal · November 22, 1967
- HUBERT EARL WAFORDSergeant · April 12, 1968
- EDWIN HOWARD HARDESTY JRSergeant · February 16, 1969
- WILLIAM P THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.