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Photographer: J. J. Prats
Taken: April 8, 2017
Caption: Specialist Four Champ Jackson Lawson, Jr.
Additional Description: A Co. 4th AVN BN, 1st Cav Div Airmobile USARV, United States Army.

June 07, 1947 to November 04, 1965.

Champ was awarded 4 medals during his service including the Air Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal and the Vietnam Campaign Medal.

Specialist Four Lawson was killed in a helicopter mid-air collision near An Khe during a combat assault. He is buried in Holly Memorial Gardens, Charlottesville, Va.

VFW Post 2044 in Earlysville, VA was named the “Champ J. Lawson VFW Post 2044” in his honor.
Submitted: April 15, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p380237
File Size: 2.480 Megabytes

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