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WILLIAM ROY LAWSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 12, 1947 – February 23, 1969
Service recordWilliam Roy Lawson, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 8
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 29 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 8
- KEITH TERRELL LANDERSLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM LEAFSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL LEESergeant · February 23, 1969
- GREGORY THAYER LINDSAYSergeant · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD STANLEY BIESANTZPrivate · Panel 32W, Line 89
- ROBERT DONALD EICKLEBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 97
- ROBERT MICHAEL LEESergeant · Panel 31W, Line 8
- STEPHEN JOSEPH PASTULASpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 14
- RONALD LLOYD SANDERSSpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 20
- JERRY DEAN SPRADLINSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 23
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.