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WILLIAM CHARLES LAWSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 28, 1948 – August 25, 1968
Service recordWilliam Charles Lawson, of Happy Camp, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Happy Camp, California (Siskiyou County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 17
- RAYMOND GEORGE KROBETZKYSecond Lieutenant · August 25, 1968
- LEO NEAL KRYSKESergeant First Class · August 25, 1968
- BYRON JOSEPH MITCHELLStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- DANNY JOE MITCHELLPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BYRON JOSEPH MITCHELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 17
- DANNY JOE MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 17
- ARDEN GENE SONNENBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 18
- PAUL HENRY PIRKOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 20
- THOMAS EARL RICHEYSergeant First Class · Panel 46W, Line 21
- WILLIAM WAYNE SEAYSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 22
- JERRY LEE SIMMONDSCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 22
- EUGENE TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 24
- CLAUDE FRANKLIN VAUGHNSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 25
From Happy Camp
- WILLIAM MILTON WOOD JRSergeant First Class · February 14, 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.