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LAWRENCE SCOTT MAILHES
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
December 16, 1940 – August 10, 1965
Service recordLawrence Scott Mailhes, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 10, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 152 USS ORISKANY CVA 34
- Born
- December 16, 1940
- Home of record
- Hot Springs, Arkansas (Garland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VA 152 USS ORISKANY CVA 34”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 50
- PAUL ANTHONY DEVERSLance Corporal · August 10, 1965
- LESLIE IAN HILDENBRANDCorporal · August 10, 1965
- LAVELLE MILLARD NOBLESSergeant · August 11, 1965
- RICHARD JAMES REGANSecond Lieutenant · August 11, 1965
From Hot Springs
- FRANK RAY NOESergeant First Class · November 1, 1967
- THOMAS FRANKLIN YOUNGSergeant · February 3, 1968
- SOLOMON HUGHEY GODWINChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 5, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM HOLTMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY WILLIAM HANDLEYCorporal · February 8, 1968
- CLEVELAND EVANS JRStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- BERNIE JACK MOSLEYHospitalman · March 27, 1968
- JOE JUNIOR HIBBLERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD SINGLETONSergeant · November 2, 1968
- FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EFIRDMaster Sergeant · November 22, 1968
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.