LAWRENCE V. HANSEN, JR., LT, USN

Lawrence Hansen, Jr. '55

Date of birth: July 24, 1931

Date of death: October 1, 1959

Age: 28

Lucky Bag

From the 1955 Lucky Bag:

LAWRENCE VAN HANSEN, JR.

Long Beach, California

Larry came to the Naval Academy from sunny Southern California, NAPS, and a tour of duty in the Navy. His only peeve about Canoe U. came from the fact that it wasn't in California. Larry always managed to keep a 3.2 without putting in much sweat on the books. His athletic participation was mostly limited to the squash courts where he managed to do quite well during his four years. He plans to go into the Navy line upon graduation.

LAWRENCE VAN HANSEN, JR.

Long Beach, California

Larry came to the Naval Academy from sunny Southern California, NAPS, and a tour of duty in the Navy. His only peeve about Canoe U. came from the fact that it wasn't in California. Larry always managed to keep a 3.2 without putting in much sweat on the books. His athletic participation was mostly limited to the squash courts where he managed to do quite well during his four years. He plans to go into the Navy line upon graduation.

Loss

Larry was lost on October 1, 1959 when his F3H Demon fighter broke through a landing cable aboard USS Ticonderoga (CVA 10) and his aircraft plunged into the sea. The ship was operating somewhere in the Pacific at the time; she was on a Western Pacific deployment later in the month.

He was a member of Fighter Squadron (VF) 112. Unable to find a burial or memory marker.

From researcher Kathy Franz: "His wife was Josephine, and his mother was E. Louise."

Class of 1955

Lawrence is one of 34 members of the Class of 1955 on Virtual Memorial Hall.

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