Lawrence Lee Aldrich
Specialist 4, U.S. Army
503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade
Entered the Service From: Ft. Worth, Texas
Date of Birth: July 16, 1947
Date of Death: May 06, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Specialist Fourth Class Aldrich was a member of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. On May 6, 1968, he was on a search and clear mission in Bien Dien Province, South Vietnam, when a friendly air strike at hostile forces nearby, a 750 pound bomb was seen to hit his position. His remains were recovered on April 4, 2009 and identified on May 4, 2009. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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A platoon leader was later able to search the area where Aldrich was last seen but found no trace of him. A thorough search of the area revealed no remains that could be identified as his.
War is hell. Men are killed by other men whom they call their enemy. But men are also killed by "misadventure" - by senseless drowning, falls, and by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. From all appearances, it seems that Aldrich was in the wrong place - one where the bombs dropped by his own comrades would take his life.
At 19, Larry Aldrich had just begun to live.
Because no trace was found, Aldrich's name is maintained with honor among those who are missing, prisoner, and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. There can be no chance that Aldrich survived the explosion on May 6, 1968.
Specialist 4, U.S. Army
503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade
Entered the Service From: Ft. Worth, Texas
Date of Birth: July 16, 1947
Date of Death: May 06, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Specialist Fourth Class Aldrich was a member of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. On May 6, 1968, he was on a search and clear mission in Bien Dien Province, South Vietnam, when a friendly air strike at hostile forces nearby, a 750 pound bomb was seen to hit his position. His remains were recovered on April 4, 2009 and identified on May 4, 2009. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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A platoon leader was later able to search the area where Aldrich was last seen but found no trace of him. A thorough search of the area revealed no remains that could be identified as his.
War is hell. Men are killed by other men whom they call their enemy. But men are also killed by "misadventure" - by senseless drowning, falls, and by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. From all appearances, it seems that Aldrich was in the wrong place - one where the bombs dropped by his own comrades would take his life.
At 19, Larry Aldrich had just begun to live.
Because no trace was found, Aldrich's name is maintained with honor among those who are missing, prisoner, and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. There can be no chance that Aldrich survived the explosion on May 6, 1968.
Lawrence Lee Aldrich
Specialist 4, U.S. Army
503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade
Entered the Service From: Ft. Worth, Texas
Date of Birth: July 16, 1947
Date of Death: May 06, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Specialist Fourth Class Aldrich was a member of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. On May 6, 1968, he was on a search and clear mission in Bien Dien Province, South Vietnam, when a friendly air strike at hostile forces nearby, a 750 pound bomb was seen to hit his position. His remains were recovered on April 4, 2009 and identified on May 4, 2009. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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A platoon leader was later able to search the area where Aldrich was last seen but found no trace of him. A thorough search of the area revealed no remains that could be identified as his.
War is hell. Men are killed by other men whom they call their enemy. But men are also killed by "misadventure" - by senseless drowning, falls, and by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. From all appearances, it seems that Aldrich was in the wrong place - one where the bombs dropped by his own comrades would take his life.
At 19, Larry Aldrich had just begun to live.
Because no trace was found, Aldrich's name is maintained with honor among those who are missing, prisoner, and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. There can be no chance that Aldrich survived the explosion on May 6, 1968.
Specialist 4, U.S. Army
503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade
Entered the Service From: Ft. Worth, Texas
Date of Birth: July 16, 1947
Date of Death: May 06, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Specialist Fourth Class Aldrich was a member of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. On May 6, 1968, he was on a search and clear mission in Bien Dien Province, South Vietnam, when a friendly air strike at hostile forces nearby, a 750 pound bomb was seen to hit his position. His remains were recovered on April 4, 2009 and identified on May 4, 2009. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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A platoon leader was later able to search the area where Aldrich was last seen but found no trace of him. A thorough search of the area revealed no remains that could be identified as his.
War is hell. Men are killed by other men whom they call their enemy. But men are also killed by "misadventure" - by senseless drowning, falls, and by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. From all appearances, it seems that Aldrich was in the wrong place - one where the bombs dropped by his own comrades would take his life.
At 19, Larry Aldrich had just begun to live.
Because no trace was found, Aldrich's name is maintained with honor among those who are missing, prisoner, and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. There can be no chance that Aldrich survived the explosion on May 6, 1968.
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