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Personal info

Full name
LAWSON, Edward Charles
Date of birth
14 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Watts, Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39589968
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Near Koblenz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 13 18

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Lawson (father)
Estefana S. (Pico) Lawson (mother)
Mercedes Lawson (sister)
Emma Lawson (sister)
Arthur J. Lawson (brother)
Alice Lawson (wife)

More information

Pvt Edward C. Lawson attended high school for three years and was employed at the Birite Market before he enlisted at Fort MacArthur San Pedro, California on 16 June 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach and back and buttock and hip.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pobladores Descendants Family Tree / U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten