United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
Specialist Four Karl Wade Lawson served in the U.S. Army. Karl served with the SPECIAL FORCES. Karl served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Karl was 20 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Combat Death
Cause
Injury, unspecified
Circumstance
Killed in action
Place
Tay Ninh
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Army
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
INDIRECT FIRE INFANTRYMAN
TAY NINH
1968
Pay grade E04. DCAS record DCAS-VN-029869.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
4
For service and achievement
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
In Our Keeping
Permanent identifier
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Karl Wade Lawson
Specialist Four
U.S. Army
- 1968
5th Special Forces Group
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