Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Robert David Law

Specialist Four, United States Army

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1. Robert David Law Marker

Inscription.

Robert David Law. Specialist Four, United States Army. , Robert David Law was born on September 15, 1944, to Robert M. and Martha E. (Morris) Law in Fort Worth. He attended Fort Worth Technical High School, graduating in 1964, and was a member of Southcliff Baptist Church. Law enlisted in the U.S. Army at Dallas on October 17, 1967. He completed his basic combat training and infantry advanced individual training at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and was advanced in rank to Private First Class. He graduated from Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia, in summer 1968, and received orders to join F Company (Ranger), 52nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in combat in the Republic of (South) Vietnam., From 1968-69, Law served as a Scout Observer and was promoted in rank to E-4 as a Specialist Four (SP4). Under a February 1969 reorganization, his unit became I Company (Ranger), 75th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. SP4 Law had been in Vietnam for eight months when he volunteered for a mission to gather intelligence near the Cambodian border, northeast of the 1st Infantry Division base camp at Lai Khe. Law paced a patrol of six Rangers beginning on February 20, 1969. Within an hour of their insertion by helicopter, the patrol was in a gunfight. Law sprayed rifle fire into the woods to cover the patrol's retreat for the night. The next day, the Rangers monitored enemy troops near a log bridge over a stream. On the morning of February 22, three Viet Cong soldiers spotted the Rangers and opened fire. During the exchange, a grenade rolled close to three of the Rangers. Law threw himself on the grenade to save his comrades and was killed instantly. When notified about her son's death, his mother remarked that his letters home indicated that "He knew what he was fighting for." In August 1970 at the White House in Washington, D.C., President Richard M. Nixon presented SP4 Law's family with a posthumous Medal of Honor for his selfless and decisive actions. , (2020) , Marker is Property of the State of Texas

Robert David Law was born on September 15, 1944, to Robert M. and Martha E. (Morris) Law in Fort Worth. He attended Fort Worth Technical High School, graduating in 1964, and was a member of Southcliff Baptist Church. Law enlisted in the U.S. Army at Dallas on October 17, 1967. He completed his basic combat training and infantry advanced individual training at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and was advanced in rank to Private First Class. He graduated from Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia, in summer 1968, and received orders to join F Company (Ranger), 52nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in combat in the Republic of (South) Vietnam.

From 1968-69, Law served as a Scout Observer and was promoted in rank to E-4 as a Specialist Four (SP4). Under a February 1969 reorganization, his unit became I Company (Ranger), 75th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. SP4 Law had been in Vietnam for eight months when he volunteered for a mission to gather intelligence near the Cambodian border, northeast of the 1st Infantry Division base camp at Lai Khe. Law paced a patrol of six Rangers beginning on February 20, 1969. Within an hour of their insertion by helicopter, the patrol was in a gunfight. Law sprayed rifle fire into the woods to cover the patrol's retreat for the night. The next day, the Rangers monitored enemy troops

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near a log bridge over a stream. On the morning of February 22, three Viet Cong soldiers spotted the Rangers and opened fire. During the exchange, a grenade rolled close to three of the Rangers. Law threw himself on the grenade to save his comrades and was killed instantly. When notified about her son's death, his mother remarked that his letters home indicated that "He knew what he was fighting for." In August 1970 at the White House in Washington, D.C., President Richard M. Nixon presented SP4 Law's family with a posthumous Medal of Honor for his selfless and decisive actions.
(2020)
Marker is Property of the State of Texas

Erected 2023 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 22735.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam. A significant historical date for this entry is February 22, 1969.

Location. 32° 47.516′ N, 97° 18.661′ W. Marker is in Fort Worth, Texas, in Tarrant County. Marker is inside Mount Olivet Cemetery, 2301 N. Sylvania Ave. Fort Worth, Texas, 76111 USA. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Worth TX 76111, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Tim Cole (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mount Olivet Cemetery (about 700 feet away); Tarrant County War Memorial "Spirit of the American Doughboy"

Robert David Law Marker in Mount Olivet Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed By QuesterMark, February 25, 2023

2. Robert David Law Marker in Mount Olivet Cemetery

(approx. 0.2 miles away); Amon Carter Riverside High School and Riverside ISD (approx. one mile away); Daggett's Crossing (approx. 1.1 miles away); Racial Terror Lynching in America / Racial Terror Lynching of Mr. Fred Rouse (approx. 1.7 miles away); Harper's Rest Cemetery (approx. 1.7 miles away); Armour & Company (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Worth.

More about this marker. This marker stands by the cemetery roadside as close to SP4 Law's grave as it can be.
The marker dedication ceremony was held at the marker on February 25, 2023 at 10:30AM, during the anniversary week of SP4 Law's actions.

Robert David Law Grave marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By QuesterMark, February 11, 2023

3. Robert David Law Grave marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 2, 2023, by QuesterMark of Fort Worth, Texas. This page has been viewed 97 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 2, 2023, by QuesterMark of Fort Worth, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.