PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBERT & JENNY DIAZ (CLYDE'S WIDOW)
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SSGT/E5 - Army - Selective Service
24 year old Married, Caucasian, Male Born on Feb 22, 1946 From OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. Length of service 1 year. His tour of duty began on Nov. 24, 1969 Casualty was on May16, 1970 in Cambodia HOSTILE, Multiple fragmentation wounds (Ground casualty) Body was recovered Religion Methodist Panel 10W - - Line 52 More information on May 16th, 1970 |
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Pictures above provided by Patrick Locke, taken at Ft Benning Ga at NCOC Class
"Some of the gang! In the track - laying down, Dave "The Rave" [not visible] & kneeling "Ratso" Piergossi [not visible]. The big guy is Barney, my platoon Sgt. & then me."
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"Getting gear ready for ambush."
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"The fearsome foursome: myself [Clyde Lawrence = center]; Bill Silva - machine gun [right]; Dave Hensel (KIA 5-16-70)- duper [left]; Tom Craig - M-16 [center front]. Getting ready for Eagle Flight of the jungles of the Razorback."
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Clyde celebrating with a Christmas Tree at the "Ho Bo Woods." Dec 1969.
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"The 3 stooges: from left to right - Polak = driver; Pretty Boy = .50 gunner; Fumble Foot = point man [Clyde Lawrence]."
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"3 Chinese Communist hand grenades found in booby trapped NVA base camp in the Michelin Rubber Plantation."
Mar 1970
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May 1970
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"Our track's mascot - not Jenny Lynn, but the skull. His name? Easy, of course!" Mar. 1970
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"Easy Rider. Good old 24. Home Sweet Home."
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"Big 'Easy Rider' ready for action on the Dau Tieng bunker line. Peace sign on side painted by yours truly."
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"My seat - right on top of you know who!
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"Combination bunker & sleeping quarters with M-60 machine gun mounted on top. In the Michelin Plantation." April 1970
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"12 Feb 1970. Merz Little 4/9th Manchus in Michelin Rubber Plantation."
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"A U.S. tank that the gooks blew up with RPGs in the Michelin Rubber Plantation." April 1970
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Pictures above are from Clydes collection that he had sent home to his wife courtesy of Robert and Jenny Diaz
Article taken from the April 6, 1970 Tropic Lightning News
all articles and photos courtesy of Robert and Jenny Diaz
