1. James Walton Lawrence
was born on Feb 6 1908 in San Diego, San Diego county, California. Year
given as 1909 in letter to Winifred Lawrence from Sydney McIntire, dated Oct.
31, 1969. He served in the military from Feb 19 1942 to Oct 21 1945 in New Caledonia
Islands, South Pacific. He was a SeaBee (Construction Batallion) Metalsmith
1st class (welder), primarily repairing damaged ships. He received the Asiatic-Pacific
Ribbon and, on 11 Nov., 1947, received the World War II Victory Medal. He was
given the Neptune Certificate for crossing the Equator on Jun 16 1942 in transit
at 150 deg. 30 min. 00 sec.. He resided from 1945 to 1976 in Escondido, San
Diego county, California. (Possibly from before enlistment.) He served as commander
of the Escondido, California, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post. from 1958 to 1959
in Escondido, San Diego county, California. He resided before 1987 in Phelan,
California. He resided at 242 Avenida Del Gado from 1987 to 1990 in Oceanside,
San Diego county, California. He died on Aug 16 1990 in Oceanside, San Diego
county, California. He was buried on Aug 21 1990 in Riverside National Cemetery,
Riverside, California. He was also known as "Jim" (and "Uncle
Bummie" by his nieces).
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