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THOMAS ALOYSIUS LAWLESS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 7, 1945 – November 3, 1966
Service recordThomas Aloysius Lawless, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 14
- FREDERICK HOWARD HENDERSONCaptain · November 3, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE HESSONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- JAMES MARION KLINKSpecialist Four · November 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT L FOWBLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 13
- JOEL FULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 13
- RONALD EUGENE HESSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 14
- JOHN ROBERT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 14
- JAMES MARION KLINKSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 14
- DALE ALLEN PERKINSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 15
- DONALD THOMAS CASSIDYStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 16
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.