AIR COMMANDO 2 Tatum, Lawrence Byron

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Tatum​

• FORENAME

Lawrence Byron​

• UNIT

1 Air Commando Squadron (14 A.C. Wing)​

• RANK

Major​

• NUMBER

411508812​

• DATE OF DEATH

10th September 1966​

• AGE

36​

• GRAVESITE

Honolulu Memorial,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Chattanooga,Tennessee​

born 29.4.1930​

husband of Mary Lee (nee Hill) Tatum (1934- )​

graduated USMA,West Point 1949-53​

graduated Syracuse University 1954-56 (Ph.D.)​

US Air Force Academy,Colorado Springs (Instructor of Political Science) (Captain) 1962-65​

4400 Combat Crew Training Squadron 1965-66​

1 ACS 1966​

award Air Medal​

pilot​

A-1E Skyraider​

shot down and MIA (possible POW) North Vietnam​

declared dead 10.11.1976 as Colonel​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 10E Line 85​

USAF Academy Cemetery,Colorado Springs,El Paso County,Colorado memorial marker​

Maple Grove Cemetery,Russellville,Logan County,Kentucky memorial marker​

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