(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade William H. Laws (NSN: 0-337347), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Dive Bomber Pilot embarked in U.S.S. HORNET on 19 March 1945.
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William
H.
Laws
MIA (WWII) KIA
Home:
Piedmont
,
California
Buried:
Honolulu
,
Hawaii
Cemetery:
National Memorial of the Pacific Cemetery
Awards Received
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Distinguished Flying Cross
Service:
United States NavyRank:
Lieutenant, Junior GradeDivision:
U.S.S. HornetAction Date:
March 19, 1945
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 348 (March 1946)