HONORED ON PANEL 2E, LINE 58 OF THE WALL
WILLIAM CLIVE LAIDLAW
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WILLIAM C LAIDLAW
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LEFT FOR WILLIAM CLIVE LAIDLAW
POSTED ON 3.9.2023
POSTED BY: John Fabris
honoring you...
Say not in grief he is no more, but live in thankfulness that he was.
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POSTED ON 8.18.2022
POSTED BY: James B Thompson
With you, Brother.
Bill, we did not know each other well, but on that day you had banked our tanks together so that we might talk. You paid the supreme price so that you might help a disabled crew. Know that you are remembered, Brother. Godspeed.
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POSTED ON 2.28.2020
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik
Thank You
Dear Cpl William Laidlaw, Thank you for your service as a Tank Crewman. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. For many of us, we have begun Lent. The time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.
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POSTED ON 2.3.2018
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Final Mission of CPL William C. Laidlaw
Operation Starlite (also known in Vietnam as Battle of Van Tuong) was the first major regimental-size offensive action conducted by a purely U.S. military unit during the Vietnam War. The operation was a plan to launch a pre-emptive strike against a Viet Cong regiment to nullify the threat on the vital Chu Lai Air Base and Base Area and ensure its powerful communication tower remained intact. On August 18, 1965, the first day of the operation, C Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, III MAF, reported that two of their tanks were extensively damaged after they were involved in a very close and intense battle with the Viet Cong near Van Tuong. The tanks were damaged by anti-tank rockets, 81mm mortars, 57mm recoilless rifles, and well-aimed small arms fire. Company C reported one Marine killed in action, CPL William C. Laidlaw, and seven other Marines wounded. Company B, 1st Tank Battalion reported one flame tank was damaged and four crewmen were wounded. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and mcvthf.org]
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