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THOMAS JUNIOR LAWSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 3, 1945 – April 18, 1968
Service recordThomas Junior Lawson, of Beverly, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 40
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Beverly, Kentucky (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 40
- JOSE ANGEL LOPEZ JRHospitalman · April 18, 1968
- STEFAN MAZAKSergeant First Class · April 18, 1968
- ARNOLD PAIRISStaff Sergeant · April 18, 1968
- CECIL LAVON RENDERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE GAYRAL ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 36
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 38
- GILBERT EDWARD BUCHANANSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 39
- MICHAEL PETER HOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 39
- ROBERT JAMES SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 41
- JAMES VERDELL SOLOMONSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 41
- FREDERICK DEVILLA WESCOTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 43
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.