- SURNAME
Englander
- FORENAME
Lawrence Jesse
- UNIT
5 SF Group (Company C,Det A-109)
- RANK
Sergeant
- NUMBER
567589129
- DATE OF DEATH
2nd May 1968
- AGE
25
- GRAVESITE
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Van Nuys,California
born 19.4.1943 Las Vegas,Nevada
married
entered service 4.8.1964 Van Nuys,California (Signal Corps)
award Silver Star
MIA (probably KIA) 8mls SW of Thuong Duc,Quang Nam Province,South Vietnam
LLDB Lieutenant Ho Tang Dzu saw him hit in back and head
body not recovered
declared dead 11.9.1978 as Sergeant First Class
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 54E Line 5
DATE OF DEATH:
02-May-1968AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/englander-lawrence-jesse.41340/CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant First Class [then Sergeant] Lawrence Jesse Englander, United States Army, for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations in the Republic of Vietnam, on 2 May 1968, while serving with Company C, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. His actions, without regard for his own safety, reflect great credit on himself and the Armed Forces of the United States.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/103945
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