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Specialist Fourth Class

Lawrence Williams, Jr
19 year old Single, African American
From NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Combat Aviation Door Gunner
281st Assault Helicopter Company
10th CAB, 17th CAG, 1st AVN BDE
Tour of duty began on May 23, 1966
 KIA on Sep 25, 1966 in South Vietnam
Helicopter was shot down
Born on Sep 04, 1947
 PROTESTANT
(VN Wall Panel 11E - Line 19)


                                                                                         Sketch by Cliff Wheeler
 


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19 year old Lawrence Williams, Jr. from New Orleans, Louisiana was serving as a crew member of  UH-1D 65-07926 when he and   1st LT William Beasley, were killed in action supporting Special Forces Team C-3 at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam when their helicopter crashed on takeoff and landed in an  abandoned French mine field.  SP4 Lawrence Williams, Jr. was the Door Gunner. 


(Photo provided by Russ Erbe)


SO NIGH IS GRANDEUR TO OUR DUST
SO NEAR IS GOD TO MAN,
WHEN DUTY WHISPERS LOW, THOU MUST
THE YOUTH REPLIES, I CAN.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

A MAN IS NOT DEAD UNTIL HE IS FORGOTTEN

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