Willard James Lawrence
MilitaryTimothy Motz from an obituary photo at http://www.porterloring.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1491771
Willard Lawrence was born on Jul. 12, 1921 in Jamestown, North Dakota, USA. His career included thirty years active duty in the United States Air Force, serving in three wars (WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War) as a pilot and later as a comptroller, he retired in 1972 as a Lt. Colonel.
Among his many medals are the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with 6 oak leaf clusters.
He died on Jan. 2, 2015 in San Antonio, Texas, USA and is buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
See more at: http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lawrence&GSfn=Willard…;
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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12 July 1921 | ||
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Timothy Motz; from a list kept by Harold Motz and compared to Doyle Shields, "History of the 447th Bomb Group."
Timothy Motz; from list kept by Harold Motz, compared to Doyl Shields, "History of the 447th Bomb Group"
Additional source: http://www.porterloring.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1491771
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster as of 01 August 1945