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THOMAS FREDERICK LAWLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 19, 1949 – September 24, 1969
Service recordThomas Frederick Lawler, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 5
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 5
- KENNETH DAVID COSTANZAPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- JOHN WILBUR SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- BOBBY DALE SCHEUERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- DONALD EUGENE SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.