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WILLIAM ALLEN RAWSON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 28, 1942 – June 2, 1967
Service recordWilliam Allen Rawson, of Lake Forest, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 38
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- May 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Lake Forest, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967; 33 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 38
- RAYMOND ALLAN RENZSpecialist Four · June 2, 1967
- ALTON CRAIG ROCKETT JRLieutenant Colonel · June 2, 1967
- JOSEPH JOHN SELLERPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW SINCHAKPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
From Lake Forest
- ROBERT ANTHONY BATESFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1966
- CARL SPAUL THORNE-THOMSENPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
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.