Bruce Edward Lawrence

Vietnam War
Unit557th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromPhillipsburg New Jersey
Date of DeathJuly 5 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Major Lawrence was a member of the 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, South Vietnam. On July 5, 1968, he was the navigator of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4C) on an armed reconnaissance over Quang Binh, North Vietnam, when his aircraft was hit by a hostile missile and exploded. His remains have been recovered and identified on May 31, 2011. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.