Laurin Leonard Lawson

Laurin Leonard Lawson (March 11, 1876 – January 28, 1938) was an American brigadier general.

Laurin Leonard Lawson was born to Magne Lawson and Hannah Lawson on March 11, 1876 in St Peter, Minnesota. He went to public school in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.

Lawson enlisted in the First Washington Infantry and served between 1898 and 1899. In 1899, he commissioned as a first lieutenant in the 39th. US Volunteer Infantry. He was honorably mustered out in 1901, but returned to service as a second lieutenant in the artillery branch. He was promoted to first lieutenant again in 1903, and was transferred to the 3rd Field Artillery in 1907. Later that year, he was transferred to the 4th Field Artillery and was promoted to captain. During this time, he was deployed three times to the Philippines.

Lawson also participated in the United States occupation of Veracruz in 1914 and the Punitive Expedition in 1916 and 1917.

Lawson made colonel on February 6, 1918 and in May that year he became commandant of the Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. On October 1, 1918 he was promoted to brigadier general. He left the Artillery School in December of that year, and went on to command the 15th Field Artillery Brigade at Camp Stanley, Texas.

Lawson died on January 28, 1938 in Washington, DC. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery with his wife.