Birden Jerome Lawson
Birden Jerome Lawson
May 18, 1969
Operation Kentucky Jumper/Operation Apache Snow - Dong Ap Bia
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Birden Jerome Lawson
Birden Jerome Lawson arrived in Vietnam in October of 1968. He served with Delta Company, 3/187th. Birden was killed in action on May 18,1969 during the assault of Dong Ap Bia/Hamburger Hill.
Birden was from Newark, New Jersey and was twenty years of age. He is buried at Lakeview Cemetery, Bridgeport, Connecticut. His name is etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Panel 24W, Line 44.
RIP soldier!
Never forget!
Never forgotten!
Photo obtained from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - Wall of Faces. Image available on the internet and included in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. Information obtained from 3/187th documents obtained by TSTP during research trips to the National Archives and Records Administration as well as from the Coffelt Database.