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WILLIAM E LAWSON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1937 – September 9, 1967
Service recordWilliam E Lawson, of Merced, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 13, 1937
- Home of record
- Merced, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26E, Line 39
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JAMES RAY LAUDICINASergeant · September 9, 1967
- DENNIS DEAN LOFTHEIMFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE HAROLD VOIGTStaff Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 41
From Merced
- JUAN BORJA VALTIERRALance Corporal · January 5, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS VERGANOPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- JAMMIE VAN FRANKLINStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE JONESCorporal · October 22, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHTLieutenant Commander · November 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY REEDY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD SUYDAM IIISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RICHARD GRANADOSSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- RALPH HENRY PADILLAPrivate · June 12, 1968
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.