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(General Henry Ware Lawton in the Philippines, 1899.)
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Lawton who was usually in the midst of the fighting and was killed by a Filipino sniper, Private Bonifacio Mariano.
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Lawton was very popular among his men and the general public.  The colonial Americans in Philippines dedicated that his image appeared on Filipino 

currency issued during the American colonial period in the 1920s.   A major plaza in downtown Manila was named Lawton Plaza. Although renamed in 1963 

to Liwasang Bonifacio, Filipinos continue to refer to it as Lawton Plaza.
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His body left the Philippines on board the transport ship USS Thomas on December 30, 1899. The USS Thomas reached the shores of San Francisco on 

Tuesday, January 30, 1900.  Lawton was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery February 9, 1900.
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General Lawton was born on March 17, 1843, in Maumee, Ohio. He was the son of George W. Lawton, a millwright, and Catherine who had been married in 

December 1836. Henry had two brothers, George S., and Manley Chapin.
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Source:
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Pambansang Komisyong Pangkasaysayan
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Photo credit:  Wikipedia Commons
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December 19, 1899: General Lawton was killed in the battle of San Mateo