Vietnam War
Unit | 37th Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron |
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Rank | Sergeant U.S. Air Force |
Entered Service From | Phenix Alabama |
Date of Death | October 5 1968 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Sergeant Lawrence was a member of the 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Cam Ranh Bay Airbase, South Vietnam. On July 5, 1968, he was the navigator of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4C) on a mission over North Vietnam, when his aircraft was hit by a hostile missile and exploded. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.