United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
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U.S. Air Force · United States 
Colonel Lawrence Byron Tatum served in the U.S. Air Force. Lawrence served with the 1 ACS. Lawrence served in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Lawrence was 36 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1111B: Pilot, Supersonic Interceptor (F-104 Starfighter)
PILOT
CHATTANOOGA, TN
1976
Pay grade O06.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Lawrence Byron Tatum
Colonel
U.S. Air Force
- 1976
1st Air Commando Squadron
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