Ayer Lawrence Sanderson

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Lawrence Sanderson Ayer is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

26th Division Tablets of the Fallen (WW1)

Name:

Lawrence Sanderson Ayer

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

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Unit:

103rd Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm), 51st Field Artillery Brigade

Date of Death:

1918-04-20

State:

Massachusetts

Cemetery:

St. Mihiel American Cem., Thiaucourt, France

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Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Lawrence Sanderson Ayer was born on September 2, 1893 in Putney, Windham County, Vermont. He was graduated from Dartmouth in 1916, was commission at Plattsburgh and went to France in August 1917. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Second Lieutenant in the 103rd Field Artillery Regiment, 26th Infantry Division.
2nd Lt. Laurence S. Ayer, USAR, Battery C. 2nd Battalion, 103rd U.S. Field Artillery Regiment (Heavy), 51st Field Artillery Brigade, 26th Division, AEF. Awarded the Purple Heart Medal for actions against the enemy. KIA while serving as an Battery Platoon Leader with Battery C. during an enemy artillery strike upon his battery's position just outside of the French town of Mandres, France during The Defensive Sector (Toul), on the morning of Saturday, April 20th, 1918.