ROGER DALE LAWSON

Company B 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

DOW 07/18/1969

Age: 19
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Nov 6, 1949
From: COLUMBIA STATION, OH
Religion: BAPTIST
Marital Status: Married

PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on May 12, 1969
Casualty was on Jul 18, 1969
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died of wounds, GROUND CASUALTY
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR
Casualty Detail: Misadventure
Body was recovered

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Roger Lawson was wounded by a short mortar round while fire was being adjusted for defensive targets, on July 17, 1969
at grid reference ZA027934, at LZ Bass (Polei Kleng airfield) approximately 24 kilometers west/northwest of Kontum.
He died a day later at the 71st Evacuation Hospital at Pleiku.

PFC Roger D. Lawson's decorations

Article courtesy of Pattie Welsh

Burial:
Chatham Township Cemetery
Chatham (Medina County)
Medina County
Ohio, USA

Grave marker for Roger Lawson

Photo by Pattie Welsh from the Find A Grave website

The Lawson's Buried with John, Roger, Blanche and Jennifer, with Pamela, June and Robert monument in front.

Photo by Pattie Welsh from the Find A Grave website

Top photo by Karen Hopkins from the Find A Grave website

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