Rank: Private First Class
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 4-Jul-1947
Hometown: Roanoke, Virginia
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 27-Jul-1966
Start of tour: 11-Jul-1967
Incident date: 10-Sep-1967
Date of casualty: 10-Sep-1967
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Other Accident. Accidental homicide.
James Garfield Lawson was a gunner on military aircraft during combat operation when M-16 belonging to another individual riding behind him accidentally discharged.
Location of fatality: South Vietnam
Place of interment: Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Roanoke, Virginia, USA
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