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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: DAWSON
First name: LAWRENCE MICHAEL
Home of Record (official): EVERETT
State (official): WA
Date of Birth: Tuesday, August 14, 1945
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SP4
Serial Number: 56390929
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E4
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11D20
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
L Troop 3rd Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Tuesday, August 23, 1966
Date of Casualty: Friday, July 21, 1967
Age at time of loss: 21
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Multiple fragmentation wounds (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Long Khanh
The Wall: Panel 23E - Row 098
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Interment ---
Evergreen Cemetery-Mausoleum
4504 Broadway
Everett, WA 98203
(425) 252-7273
Block 58, Lot 6, Section F (West), Grave 5