United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Air Force · United States 
Colonel Lawrence William Whitford Jr. served in the U.S. Air Force. Lawrence served with the 31 TFW. Lawrence served in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Lawrence was 40 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1115B: Pilot, Jet Fighter (F-100 Super Sabre)
PILOT
CEDAR FALLS, IA
1979
Pay grade O06. DCAS record DCAS-VN-055796.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Section
MI
Grave
73
In Our Keeping
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Lawrence W Whitford Jr.
Colonel
U.S. Air Force
- 1979
31st Tactical Fighter Wing
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