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This Sailor has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Greenwood Cemetery, Arkansas.
Per Michael V. Drachman
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Last Updated: Aug 10, 2013
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Per Michael V. Drachman, this is a marker placed by Mr. Mailhes family. Lawrence flew a VA - 152 Skyraider off the carrier USS Oriskany. Following the carrier's arrival in Yokosuka on July 24, 1965, Oriskany underwent a short refit before getting underway on August 5 to return to the war zone. Combat missions began on August 10 with strikes against heavily defended North Vietnamese barracks complexes; the days fatal loss coming not from ground fire but mechanical failure when Lt(jg) Lawrence S. Mailhes' VA-152 Skyraider splashed in the Tonkin Gulf. His body was never recovered. His named is remembered at the Vietnam Wall Section 2E, Row 50.