Lawson, Alvis D.
Army Corporal

Alvis D. Lawson from Kentucky, Bell county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Friday, August 11, 1950
Death details:  On August 11, 1950, twenty members of Company B, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 24th Infantry Division, performed a reconnaissance patrol across the Naktong River to investigate North Korean forces near Chang-dong, South Korea. The patrol crossed to the west bank of the Naktong River, performed their reconnaissance, and were engaged by an enemy force of unknown strength. The patrol was still taking on heavy fire as they crossed the Naktong again to return from the mission, and only five members of the patrol ultimately made it back to friendly positions. 

Sergeant Alvis Donald Lawson joined the U.S. Army from Kentucky and was a member of Company B, 3rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was a member of the August 11 patrol near Chang-dong, and was reported missing in action following the incident. He was never reported to be a prisoner of war, and he remains unaccounted-for. Today, Sergeant Lawson is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency