Lawrence Edward Jones
Private First Class
C CO, 1ST BN, 503RD INFANTRY, 173RD ABN BDE, USARV
Army of the United States
Denver, Colorado
September 06, 1945 to March 03, 1968
LAWRENCE E JONES is on the Wall at Panel 42E, Line 52

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08 Aug 2004

Although he is listed on the Wall as being from Denver, Lawrence lived in McKinney, Texas, with his grandmother, Mrs. Mamie Pearson. He was a good kid, loved to play football and basketball. He was a good soldier, a paratrooper with the 173rd Airborne "Skysoldiers", and was killed in action on March 3, '68, near Kontum. All who knew him miss him.

Ronnie D. Foster
P O Box 603, McKinney, Texas 75070
rdfoster66@msn.com


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 03 March 1968 the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry, lost eight men in a bitter fight in Kontum Province:
  • C Company:
    • PFC Harold Holmes, Jersey City, NJ
    • PFC Lawrence E. Jones, Denver, CO
    • PFC Domingo Ortiz, New York, NY

  • D Company:

The military "Home of Record" is the place where someone enters the military and frequently differs from the person's actual place of permanent residence. In this instance, PFC Jones apparently enlisted while in Denver, Colorado, although his permanent residence seems to have been McKinney, Texas.


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