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WILLIAM EDWARD LAWSON JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1938 – April 20, 1967
Service recordWilliam Edward Lawson JR, of Royal Oak, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1938
- Home of record
- Royal Oak, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 53
- GARY REGAN FOXPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
- JAMES ANTHONY GALUTZCorporal · April 20, 1967
- JOHN HENRY LADUKELance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- CECIL EUGENE LITTLESergeant · April 20, 1967
- DARRELL JAMES NAYLORSpecialist Four · January 5, 2006
From Royal Oak
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER KNAGGSCaptain · October 29, 1964
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
- MARTIN JOHN MASSUCCIMajor · October 1, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN TOWNSENDSergeant First Class · November 4, 1965
- JARMO ANTERO KARIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- RONALD LOUIS POWELLLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- THOMAS EDDY BIRDSALLLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOKPrivate First Class · February 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.