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Corp Birden Jerome Lawson Jr. Veteran

Birth: 30 May 1948
Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Death: 18 May 1969 (aged 20)
Thừa Thiên-Huế, Vietnam
Burial: Lakeview Cemetery

Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 41.1994139, Longitude: -73.1737361
Memorial ID: 67893721 View Source

Corporal Lawson was killed trying to take Hill 937 (Dong Ap Bia aka "Hamburger Hill"), South Vietnam, Thua Thien province from North Vietnamese forces. He was awarded the Purple Heart. His name is included on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=283702

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Vietnam
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187th INF., 101st ABN. DIV.
Age 20

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