United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Accounted for
U.S. Navy · United States 
Lieutenant Richard Lee Laws served in the U.S. Navy. Richard served aboard VF 24 USS HANCOCK CVA 19. Richard served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Richard was 26 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Combat Death
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Killed in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Navy
1310: Unrestricted Line Officer (Pilot)
URL PILOT
SACRAMENTO, CA
1966
Pay grade O03. DCAS record DCAS-VN-029851.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
6
For valor
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Richard Lee Laws
Lieutenant
U.S. Navy
- 1966
VF-24
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