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B-52Ds take off from U-Tapao, Thailand, during Linebacker II, December 1972.
B-52Ds take off from U-Tapao, Thailand, during Linebacker II, December 1972. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Lawrence Jay Marshall.

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LAWRENCE JAY MARSHALL

Major · U.S. Air Force

November 28, 1929 – December 27, 1972

Service record

Lawrence Jay Marshall, of Manchester, New Hampshire, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 27, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1W · Line 107

Position of Panel 1W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Major (MAJ)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
November 28, 1929
Home of record
Manchester, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 27, 1972
Age
43
Country
North Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

He died in North Vietnam while Linebacker II was under way. In Linebacker II (18–29 December 1972), B-52s and fighter-bombers struck Hanoi and Haiphong for eleven days; fifteen B-52s were lost to SA-2 missiles before North Vietnam returned to the Paris talks.

Also on Panel 1W, Line 107

From Manchester

All 38 names from Manchester →

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.