THE WALL OF FACES

Dear Staff Sergeant Lawrence ~ You Are Not Forgotten!
Today, on the anniversary of your passing, I ran a mile with you in my thoughts and prayers. Rest in Peace, dear brother.

Each year since September 2015, at the annual 5th Division Army reunion, members of the Society of the Fifth Division, U.S Army remember the 514 soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 5th Division, who were Killed in Action in Vietnam. You are among the soldiers remembered. You Are Not Forgotten!

Phil “LT Mike” Maniscalco
Society of the 5th Division, U.S. Army
Delta Company 1/11 Infantry
Vietnam Sept 1968- Sept 1969

Dear SSgt Johnny Lawrence, Thank you for your service as an Infantry Operations & Intelligence Specialist. Your 49th anniversary is soon, sad. 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.

I carried my Team Leader SSG Lawrence to a helicopter during the battle in which he was mortally wounded. K.S.Bates, Team 1-3.

Staff Sergeant Johnny Harold Lawrence, Served with Company P, 75th Infantry Regiment (Ranger), 5th Infantry Division.

Johnny and I went through Ranger school in 1970 together an by chance served together in P co. 75th Rangers. Johnny took over my team after I was wounded and was killed on the next mission. RIP Ranger buddy.