LAWRENCE W. CURTIN, LT, USN

Lawrence Curtin '20

Date of birth: September 30, 1898

Date of death: August 14, 1936

Age: 37

Lucky Bag

From the 1920 Lucky Bag:

Lawrence William Curtin

Beardstown, Illinois

"Bill"

We had never heard about Beardstown before “Bill” came among us, but rather than doubt his veracity we took his word for its existence. Still the most skeptic contend that what he points out as the location of this famous Metropolis is nothing more or less than a fly speck on the map of Illinois.

“Bill” lit in our midst not a whit ruffled and had scarcely donned his khaki when he began venturing his opinions upon this man’s Navy. Not even the return of our lords and masters worried him and he faced professor after professor, as Plebe year rolled by, with such a look of savviness and insulted dignity that not one dared to make an assignment that would put “Bill’s” multiple below the “passed with credit” mark.

He is willing to take a chance at anything and after making the rash declaration that he could stay up in the swimming tank three hours straight, proceeded to prove his statement, much to the glee of the onlookers. He stayed manfully at his pumps for over two hours, but toward the last several double bottom compartments were flooded, and his buoyancy being destroyed he was forced to make dry dock.

“Bill’s” fussing ability is only surpassed by his ability to be a “good fellow,” and many are the enjoyable hours spent on the cruise listening to those wild tales which always begin with, “Now, fellow, when I was back in Beardstown --.”

Honors: Battalion C.P.O.

Lawrence William Curtin

Beardstown, Illinois

"Bill"

We had never heard about Beardstown before “Bill” came among us, but rather than doubt his veracity we took his word for its existence. Still the most skeptic contend that what he points out as the location of this famous Metropolis is nothing more or less than a fly speck on the map of Illinois.

“Bill” lit in our midst not a whit ruffled and had scarcely donned his khaki when he began venturing his opinions upon this man’s Navy. Not even the return of our lords and masters worried him and he faced professor after professor, as Plebe year rolled by, with such a look of savviness and insulted dignity that not one dared to make an assignment that would put “Bill’s” multiple below the “passed with credit” mark.

He is willing to take a chance at anything and after making the rash declaration that he could stay up in the swimming tank three hours straight, proceeded to prove his statement, much to the glee of the onlookers. He stayed manfully at his pumps for over two hours, but toward the last several double bottom compartments were flooded, and his buoyancy being destroyed he was forced to make dry dock.

“Bill’s” fussing ability is only surpassed by his ability to be a “good fellow,” and many are the enjoyable hours spent on the cruise listening to those wild tales which always begin with, “Now, fellow, when I was back in Beardstown --.”

Honors: Battalion C.P.O.

Biography & Loss

He is buried in Illinois. From researcher Kathy Franz:

Lawrence died when his single-seater fighter land plane crashed into the Panama Canal one mile northeast of the Pedro Miguel Lock. He was on a maneuver as an Inspection and Survey officer flying over and close to the USS Garfield. He was stationed at Coco Solo Air Base, and classmate Lieutenant William Peters Hepburn escorted his body home.

Lawrence had been in three other plane crashes; twice, he was severely injured. Once was in April 1926 when his plane crashed in the Pacific and he and two others waited 12 hours for rescue in high seas. A few months later, on September 21, 1926 he was on the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris. The pilot was the French war ace Lieutenant Rene Fonck. The three-motored Sikorski biplane crashed on take-off, killing two other crewmen aboard. (Lawrence's leave of absence was cancelled on September 10 by the acting Secretary of the Navy, who was opposed to "transoceanic flights in land planes.")

Lawrence’s father John was a railroad brakeman, and in March 1906, he was made the Illinois Central Railroad’s night yard master at Amboy, Illinois. Lawrence’s mother was Mollie, and he is buried next to her. Lawrence was the oldest child; his brothers were Theodore and John, and his sister was Helen, Mrs. Roswell Robertson. At age 11, Lawrence was working as a janitor in a sanitarium helping his mother who took in washing at their home.

Lawrence married Lady Catherine Nordcliffe of England. In 1930 they lived in Norfolk, Virginia, with their butler and cook. When Lawrence died, their home was in Greenwich, Connecticut.

He was designated naval aviator #3071 on December 26, 1922.

Navy Directories & Officer Registers

The "Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps" was published annually from 1815 through at least the 1970s; it provided rank, command or station, and occasionally billet until the beginning of World War II when command/station was no longer included. Scanned copies were reviewed and data entered from the mid-1840s through 1922, when more-frequent Navy Directories were available.

The Navy Directory was a publication that provided information on the command, billet, and rank of every active and retired naval officer. Single editions have been found online from January 1915 and March 1918, and then from three to six editions per year from 1923 through 1940; the final edition is from April 1941.

The entries in both series of documents are sometimes cryptic and confusing. They are often inconsistent, even within an edition, with the name of commands; this is especially true for aviation squadrons in the 1920s and early 1930s.

Alumni listed at the same command may or may not have had significant interactions; they could have shared a stateroom or workspace, stood many hours of watch together… or, especially at the larger commands, they might not have known each other at all. The information provides the opportunity to draw connections that are otherwise invisible, though, and gives a fuller view of the professional experiences of these alumni in Memorial Hall.

January 1920

Ensign, USS New Mexico

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Others at this command:

LCDR Louis Roth '13
LT Frank Fechteler '18

LTjg Arthur Thurston '19
ENS Archibald Harrington '20

ENS Samuel Arthur '20
ENS Mark Crouter '20

January 1921

Ensign, USS Huron

January 1922

Ensign, USS Huron

January 1923

Lieutenant (j.g.), Bureau of Navigation

July 1923

Lieutenant (j.g.), Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet, USS Aroostook

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Others at this command:

LCDR Nathan Chase '12

LT Fred Byers '18

LTjg Eugene Burkett '20

September 1923

Lieutenant (j.g.), Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet, USS Aroostook

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Others at this command:

LCDR Millington McComb '10
LCDR Nathan Chase '12

LT Hugo Schmidt '16
LT Fred Byers '18

LTjg Eugene Burkett '20

November 1923

Lieutenant (j.g.), Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet, USS Aroostook

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Others at this command:

LCDR Millington McComb '10
LCDR Nathan Chase '12
LT William Hactor '15
LT Hugo Schmidt '16
LT Howard Councill '17

LT Fred Byers '18
LT George Cuddihy '18
LT Arthur Thurston '19
LT Walther Maser '19

LT Dixie Kiefer '19
LT William Sample '19
LTjg Frank Conant, II '20
LTjg Eugene Burkett '20

January 1924

Lieutenant (j.g.), Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet, USS Aroostook

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Others at this command:

LCDR Millington McComb '10
LCDR Nathan Chase '12
LT Hugo Schmidt '16

LT George Cuddihy '18
LT Walther Maser '19
LT Dixie Kiefer '19

LTjg Frank Conant, II '20
LTjg Eugene Burkett '20

March 1924

Lieutenant (j.g.), Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet, USS Aroostook

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Others at this command:

LCDR Grattan Dichman '07
LCDR Millington McComb '10
LCDR Nathan Chase '12
LT Hugo Schmidt '16

LT George Cuddihy '18
LT Arthur Thurston '19
LT Walther Maser '19

LT Dixie Kiefer '19
LTjg Frank Conant, II '20
LTjg Eugene Burkett '20

May 1924

Lieutenant (j.g.), Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet, USS Aroostook

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Others at this command:

LCDR Grattan Dichman '07
LT Conrad Krez '16

LT William Garrett '18

LT Thomas Fisher '18

July 1924

Lieutenant (j.g.), Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet, USS Aroostook

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Others at this command:

LCDR Grattan Dichman '07

September 1924

Lieutenant (j.g.), Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet, USS Aroostook

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Others at this command:

LCDR Millington McComb '10

November 1924

Lieutenant (j.g.), Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor

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Others at this command:

CDR John Rodgers '03

ENS Vilas Knope '20

January 1925

Lieutenant (j.g.), Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor

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Others at this command:

CDR John Rodgers '03

LTjg Vilas Knope '20

March 1925

Lieutenant (j.g.), Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor

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Others at this command:

LCDR Millington McComb '10

LTjg Vilas Knope '20

May 1925

Lieutenant (j.g.), Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor

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Others at this command:

LCDR Millington McComb '10

LTjg Vilas Knope '20

July 1925

Lieutenant (j.g.), Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor

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Others at this command:

LCDR Millington McComb '10

LTjg Vilas Knope '20

October 1925

Lieutenant, Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor

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Others at this command:

LCDR Millington McComb '10

LTjg Vilas Knope '20

January 1926

Lieutenant, Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor

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Others at this command:

LCDR Millington McComb '10

LTjg Vilas Knope '20

October 1926

Lieutenant, Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington, D.C.

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Others at this command:

RADM William Moffett '90
LCDR Henry Mullinnix '16

LT Stanton Wooster '17

LT Frank Conant, II '20

January 1927

Lieutenant, Scouting Squadron (VS) 2, USS Langley

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Others at or embarked at USS Langley:

LCDR Francis Maile, Jr. '15 (Observation Plane Squadron (VO) 2)
LT Frederick Buse '20 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6)
LTjg Harry Brandenburger '21 (Observation Plane Squadron (VO) 2)

LT John Jones '21 (Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet)
LTjg George Covell '22 (Observation Plane Squadron (VO) 1)
LTjg Matthias Marple, Jr. '23 (Observation Plane Squadron (VO) 1)

April 1927

Lieutenant, Scouting Squadron (VS) 2, USS Langley

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Others at or embarked at USS Langley:

LTjg Harry Brandenburger '21 (Observation Plane Squadron (VO) 2)
LTjg James Carney '21 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 1)

LT John Jones '21 (Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet)
LTjg George Covell '22 (Observation Plane Squadron (VO) 1)

October 1927

Lieutenant, Observation Squadron (VO) 5S, USS Florida

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Others at or embarked at USS Florida:

LT Rogers Ransehousen '21 (Observation Plane Squadron (VO) 5S)

ENS Heywood Edwards '26 (USS Florida)

January 1928

Lieutenant, Observation Squadron (VO) 5S, USS Lexington

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Others at or embarked at USS Lexington:

CDR Theodore Ellyson '05 (USS Lexington)
LCDR Hugo Schmidt '16 (USS Lexington)
LT Rogers Ransehousen '21 (Observation Plane Squadron (VO) 5S)
ENS William Graham, Jr. '25 (USS Lexington)

ENS Wilfred Bushnell '26 (USS Lexington)
ENS Eugene Karpe '26 (USS Lexington)
ENS Harold Sheehan '27 (USS Lexington)
ENS William Potts '27 (USS Lexington)

April 1928

Lieutenant, Observation Squadron (VO) 5S, USS Florida

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Others at or embarked at USS Florida:

ENS Seymour Johnson '27 (USS Florida)

July 1928

Lieutenant, Observation Squadron (VO) 5S, USS Florida

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Others at or embarked at USS Florida:

ENS Seymour Johnson '27 (USS Florida)

October 1928

Lieutenant, Observation Squadron (VO) 5S, USS Florida

January 1929

Lieutenant, Observation Squadron (VO) 2S, USS Florida

April 1929

Lieutenant, Observation Squadron (VO) 2S, USS Florida

July 1929

Lieutenant, Observation Squadron (VO) 2S, USS Florida

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Others at or embarked at USS Florida:

ENS Cleaveland Miller '29 (USS Florida)

ENS Clair Miller '29 (USS Florida)

October 1929

Lieutenant, Observation Squadron (VO) 2S, USS Florida

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Others at or embarked at USS Florida:

ENS Cleaveland Miller '29 (USS Florida)

ENS Clair Miller '29 (USS Florida)

January 1930

Lieutenant, Observation Squadron (VO) 2S, USS Florida

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Others at or embarked at USS Florida:

ENS Cleaveland Miller '29 (USS Florida)

ENS Clair Miller '29 (USS Florida)

April 1930

Lieutenant, USS Florida

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Others at this command:

ENS Cleaveland Miller '29

ENS Clair Miller '29

October 1930

Lieutenant, Naval Air Station, Naval Operating Base Hampton Roads, Virginia

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Others at this command:

LT John Hollowell, Jr. '22

January 1931

Lieutenant, Naval Air Station, Naval Operating Base Hampton Roads, Virginia

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Others at this command:

LT John Hollowell, Jr. '22

April 1931

Lieutenant, Naval Air Station, Naval Operating Base Hampton Roads, Virginia

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Others at this command:

LT John Hollowell, Jr. '22

July 1931

Lieutenant, Naval Air Station, Naval Operating Base Hampton Roads, Virginia

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Others at this command:

LT John Hollowell, Jr. '22

October 1931

Lieutenant, Naval Air Station, Naval Operating Base Hampton Roads, Virginia

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Others at this command:

LT Jack Richardson '19

LT John Hollowell, Jr. '22

January 1932

Lieutenant, Naval Air Station, Naval Operating Base Hampton Roads, Virginia

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Others at this command:

LT John Hollowell, Jr. '22

April 1932

Lieutenant, Naval Air Station, Naval Operating Base Hampton Roads, Virginia

October 1932

Lieutenant, Naval Air Station, Naval Operating Base Hampton Roads, Virginia

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Others at this command:

2LT Harry Lang '29

2LT Robert Brown '31

January 1933

Lieutenant, Naval Air Station, Naval Operating Base Hampton Roads, Virginia

April 1933

Lieutenant, Naval Air Station, Naval Operating Base Hampton Roads, Virginia

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Others at this command:

LTjg John Eldridge, Jr. '27

July 1933

Lieutenant, USS Saratoga

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Others at this command:

ENS James Clarkson '30
ENS Byron Newell '30

ENS George Ottinger '32
ENS Frank Latta '32

ENS Paul Burton '33
ENS Robert Fair '33

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Others at or embarked at this command:

LT William Sample '19 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT Matthias Marple, Jr. '23 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
2LT Ernest Pollock '28 (Scouting Squadron 14-M)
LTjg William Arthur '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 1B)
LTjg Mathias Wyatt '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)

LTjg William Oliver '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Lloyd Greenamyer '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 1B)
ENS Cleon Felton '31 (Aircraft Squadrons)
ENS James Murphy '31 (Aircraft Squadrons)
ENS George Stone '31 (Aircraft Squadrons)

October 1933

Lieutenant, USS Saratoga

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Others at this command:

LTjg James Clarkson '30
ENS Byron Newell '30

ENS George Ottinger '32
ENS Frank Latta '32

ENS Paul Burton '33
ENS Robert Fair '33

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Others at or embarked at this command:

LCDR William Sample '19 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT Matthias Marple, Jr. '23 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
2LT Ernest Pollock '28 (Scouting Squadron 14-M)
LTjg William Arthur '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 1B)
LTjg Mathias Wyatt '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)

LTjg Lloyd Greenamyer '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 1B)
ENS Cleon Felton '31 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
ENS James Murphy '31 (Torpedo Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
ENS George Stone '31 (Aircraft Squadrons)

April 1934

Lieutenant, USS Saratoga

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Others at this command:

ENS George Ottinger '32
ENS Frank Latta '32

ENS Paul Burton '33

ENS Robert Fair '33

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Others at or embarked at this command:

LCDR William Sample '19 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT Matthias Marple, Jr. '23 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
2LT Ernest Pollock '28 (Scouting Squadron 14-M)
LTjg Mathias Wyatt '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)

LTjg Lloyd Greenamyer '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 1B)
LTjg Charles Ostrom '30 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
ENS James Murphy '31 (Torpedo Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
ENS George Stone '31 (Aircraft Squadrons)

July 1934

Lieutenant, USS Saratoga

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Others at this command:

ENS George Stone '31
ENS Bertram Prueher '33

ENS Paul Burton '33
ENS Robert Fair '33

ENS Wendell Froling '34

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Others at or embarked at this command:

LT Arnold Isbell '21 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT Matthias Marple, Jr. '23 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Charles McDonald '24 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)
LTjg Harold Richards '27 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LTjg Loren Morris '27 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LTjg Leonard Southerland '27 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Carl Lindgren '28 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)

LTjg Mathias Wyatt '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Robert Patten '30 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LTjg Charles Ostrom '30 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
ENS James Murphy '31 (Torpedo Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
ENS Eugene Lytle, Jr. '31 (Aircraft Squadrons)
ENS James Kelsey, Jr. '31 (Aircraft Squadrons)

October 1934

Lieutenant, USS Saratoga

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Others at this command:

LT John Jones '21
ENS George Stone '31
ENS Albert Gates, Jr. '32

ENS Bertram Prueher '33
ENS Paul Burton '33

ENS Robert Fair '33
ENS Wendell Froling '34

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Others at or embarked at this command:

CDR Walter Webster '11 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT Arnold Isbell '21 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT Matthias Marple, Jr. '23 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LT Charles McDonald '24 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)
LTjg Harold Richards '27 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LTjg Loren Morris '27 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LTjg Leonard Southerland '27 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)

LTjg Carl Lindgren '28 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LTjg Mathias Wyatt '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Bruce Van Voorhis '29 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)
LTjg Robert Patten '30 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LTjg Charles Ostrom '30 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LTjg Charles Palmer, Sr. '31 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)
LTjg James Murphy '31 (Torpedo Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)

January 1935

Lieutenant, USS Saratoga

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Others at this command:

LT John Jones '21
LTjg George Stone '31
ENS Albert Gates, Jr. '32

ENS Bertram Prueher '33
ENS Paul Burton '33

ENS Robert Fair '33
ENS Wendell Froling '34

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Others at or embarked at this command:

CDR Walter Webster '11 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT Arnold Isbell '21 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT Matthias Marple, Jr. '23 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LT Charles McDonald '24 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)
LTjg Harold Richards '27 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LTjg Loren Morris '27 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LTjg Leonard Southerland '27 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Carl Lindgren '28 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)

LTjg Mathias Wyatt '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Bruce Van Voorhis '29 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)
LTjg Charles Ostrom '30 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LTjg Charles Palmer, Sr. '31 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)
LTjg Ford Wallace '31 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LTjg James Murphy '31 (Torpedo Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
LTjg Edward Blessman '31 (Aircraft Squadrons)

April 1935

Lieutenant, USS Saratoga

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Others at this command:

LT John Jones '21
ENS Albert Gates, Jr. '32

ENS Bertram Prueher '33
ENS Paul Burton '33

ENS Wendell Froling '34

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Others at or embarked at this command:

CDR Walter Webster '11 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT Arnold Isbell '21 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT Matthias Marple, Jr. '23 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LT Charles McDonald '24 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)
LTjg Harold Richards '27 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LTjg Loren Morris '27 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LTjg Leonard Southerland '27 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)

LTjg Mathias Wyatt '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Bruce Van Voorhis '29 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)
LTjg Charles Ostrom '30 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LTjg Charles Palmer, Sr. '31 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)
LTjg Ford Wallace '31 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg James Murphy '31 (Torpedo Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
LTjg Edward Blessman '31 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)

October 1935

Lieutenant, USS Saratoga

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Others at this command:

LTjg Ralph Smith '26
LTjg Alfred Tucker, III '31

LTjg Albert Gates, Jr. '32
ENS Paul Burton '33

ENS Wendell Froling '34
ENS Maurice Fitzgerald '35

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Others at or embarked at this command:

CDR Walter Webster '11 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT John Gillon '20 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LT Arnold Isbell '21 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT Charles McDonald '24 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)
LTjg Charles Signer '26 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Harold Richards '27 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LTjg Elmer Cooper '27 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)

LTjg Loren Morris '27 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LTjg Leonard Southerland '27 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Oliver White '30 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LTjg Ford Wallace '31 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg James Murphy '31 (Torpedo Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
LTjg Thomas Ashworth, Jr. '31 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Edward Blessman '31 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)

January 1936

Lieutenant, USS Saratoga

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Others at this command:

LTjg Albert Gates, Jr. '32

ENS Wendell Froling '34

ENS Maurice Fitzgerald '35

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Others at or embarked at this command:

CDR Walter Webster '11 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LCDR John Gillon '20 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LT Arnold Isbell '21 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT Charles McDonald '24 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)
LT Richard Moss '24 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)
LTjg Charles Signer '26 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Harold Richards '27 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LTjg Elmer Cooper '27 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)

LTjg Loren Morris '27 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LTjg Leonard Southerland '27 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Oliver White '30 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LTjg Ford Wallace '31 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg James Murphy '31 (Torpedo Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
LTjg Thomas Ashworth, Jr. '31 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Edward Blessman '31 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LTjg Edwin Hurst '32 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)

April 1936

Lieutenant, USS Saratoga

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Others at this command:

LTjg Albert Gates, Jr. '32

ENS Wendell Froling '34

ENS Maurice Fitzgerald '35

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Others at or embarked at this command:

CDR Walter Webster '11 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LCDR John Gillon '20 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LT Arnold Isbell '21 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT Charles McDonald '24 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)
LT Richard Moss '24 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)
LTjg Charles Signer '26 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Harold Richards '27 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LTjg Elmer Cooper '27 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)

LTjg Loren Morris '27 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LTjg Leonard Southerland '27 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Ford Wallace '31 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg James Murphy '31 (Torpedo Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
LTjg Thomas Ashworth, Jr. '31 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Edward Blessman '31 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
LTjg Edwin Hurst '32 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 2B)

July 1936

Lieutenant, Naval Air Station Coco Solo, Canal Zone

Memorial Hall Error

Lawrence is not listed with his classmates in Memorial Hall. This omission was discovered by researcher Kathy Franz.

Class of 1920

Lawrence is one of 28 members of the Class of 1920 on Virtual Memorial Hall.

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