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WARREN STEPHEN LAWSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 22, 1947 – September 26, 1970
Service recordWarren Stephen Lawson, of Milton, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 93
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Milton, Florida (Santa Rosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1970; eight of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 93
- MARK RICHARD HOLTOMWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 1970
- PAUL PATRICK KEEFESergeant · September 26, 1970
- ERNEST HAMMOND LAIDLERSpecialist Four · September 26, 1970
- THOMAS SIMON MALMAYSpecialist Four · September 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ERNEST BAUERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 91
- DONALD ALLEN HALL JRSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 92
- MARK RICHARD HOLTOMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 93
- ERNEST HAMMOND LAIDLERSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 93
- ROBERT ALBERT PAINTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 94
- FRANCIS JORDAN SULLIVANCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 94
- DOUGLAS MEAD WOODLANDSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 95
From Milton
- WILLIAM HERBERT MAYHAIRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1966
- CHARLES DAVID HATFIELDPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- JAMES HENRY SMITHPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE LAMBSpecialist Four · December 22, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST MASONSergeant · June 20, 1967
- EDWIN LENARD SHUBERT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 28, 1967
- DONALD STANDLEY GILLMANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- RICHARD LOYD BRAY IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- LARRY GENE YEAGERSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
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.