Williams, Laurence E., CSM

Infantry
 
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Service Status
USA Retired
Final Rank
Command Sergeant Major
Last Service Branch
Infantry
Last MOS
00Z-Command Sergeant Major IN
Last MOS Group
Infantry
Primary Unit
1984-1985, 11B50, HHC, 75th Ranger Regiment
Previously Held MOS's
11F20-Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist
11F40-Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist
16F30-Light Air Defense Artillery Crewman
17K-Ground Surveillance Radar Crewman
11D30-Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
11B30-Infantryman
11B40-Infantryman
11B50-Infantry Senior Sergeant
11Z50-Infantry Senior Sergeant
Service Years
1966 - 1989
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Order of Saint Barbara
Order of Saint Michael
Voice Edition
Infantry
Ranger
Command Sergeant Major
Seven Service Stripes
Two Overseas Service Bars

 Official Badges 

II Field Force, Vietnam Jungle Expert Badge United Nations Command Joint Security Area (Korean) Drill Sergeant Badge

Army Retired-Soldier for Life Imjin Scouts (Old) Army Physical Fitness Badge Imjin Scouts

Infantry Shoulder Cord US Army Retired (Pre-2007) Drill Sergeant Campaign Hat (Male) French Fourragere

Expert Infantry Badge Army Honorable Discharge (1984-Present) Schutzenschnur Bronze


 Unofficial Badges 

Airborne Joint Security Area Panmunjom Cold War Medal Honorable Order of Saint Barbara

Order of Saint Michael (Gold) Cold War Veteran Vietnam Veteran 50th Commemoration Vietnam 50th Anniversary




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Association of United States Army (AUSA)Non Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA)United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
United States Field Artillery AssociationN/AAmerican Legion75th Ranger Regiment Association
2nd Infantry (Indianhead) Division Association Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) Veterans Chapter 671Armed Forces Top Enlisted Association (AFTEA)
Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)Chapter 152
  1971, Association of United States Army (AUSA) - Assoc. Page
  1975, Non Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA) - Assoc. Page
  1979, United Services Automobile Association (USAA) - Assoc. Page
  1986, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) - Assoc. Page
  1988, United States Field Artillery Association - Assoc. Page
  1989, United States Army Ranger Association, N/A - Chap. Page
  1990, American Legion - Assoc. Page
  1995, 75th Ranger Regiment Association
  2009, 2nd Infantry (Indianhead) Division Association
  2010, Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) Veterans - Assoc. Page
  2013, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), Chapter 671 (Member) (Savannah, Georgia) - Chap. Page
  2013, Armed Forces Top Enlisted Association (AFTEA)
  2013, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Assoc. Page
  2015, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 152 (Life Member) (Delray Beach, Florida) - Chap. Page



   1983-1984, 11B50, United Nations Command Security Battalion-Joint Security Area

First Sergeant
From Month/Year
September / 1983 		To Month/Year
September / 1984
Unit
United Nations Command Security Battalion-Joint Security Area Unit Page
Rank
First Sergeant		 MOS
11B50-Infantry Senior Sergeant
Base, Fort or City
CAMP KTTY HAWK		State/Country
Korea, South
  
 
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 United Nations Command Security Battalion-Joint Security Area Details

United Nations Command Security Battalion-Joint Security Area
Type
Support 		 
Parent Unit
United Nations Command (UNC) 		Strength
Command
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Feb 29, 2024
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
SFC Howard Williams, SSG Chauncey Okamura, SGT Yoon, J. H., SGT Ahn Bo Jin, SSG Thomas Campbell

Best Moment
Having first Korean soldiers qualify for E.I.B.
   

Worst Moment
Being told one soldier killed while I was in U.S. on leave

Chain of Command
CPT Bert K. Mizusawa,1LT Matthew J. Benne, LTC Charles R. Viale, MAJ Karl Eikenberry, CPT Lee Seung Woo, CSM Glen Forsythe.  The unit during my tour was United Nations Command Support Group - Joint Security Area.
   

Other Memories
MAC meeting at Pan Mun Jom. Leading 1st combat patrol in MACHA A. Explaining to a tourist why I was the only person in Joint Security Force Company under 6 ft tall. Asking retired Naval Commander Lloyd Bucher if he wanted to go down to the Bridge of No Return to see where he had been released from captivity after being released by North Koreans - he declined and signed my copy of the Stars and Stripes that I had kept from February 1968 detailing his capture.
   
Yearbook
 
My Photos For This Unit
Last visit to Panmunjom
Unit Patch
JSA Unit Patches
Official photo
34 Members Also There at Same Time
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United Nations Command Security Battalion-Joint Security Area
Fifer, Herbert, SFC, (1981-2001) IN 11B10 Sergeant First Class
Hill, Richard, SSG, (1980-1984) IN 111.07 Staff Sergeant
Phillip, Popp, CSM, (1977-2005) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
Turpin, Paul, MSG, (1978-1999) IN 11B30 Staff Sergeant
Butolph, Mike, CPT, (1982-2002) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Howard, Richard, 1SG, (1983-2009) IN 11B20 Sergeant
Canty, Melvin, SGT, (1983-1987) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Henry, Shawn P, SPC, (1984-1986) IN 11B20 Specialist 4
Johnson, Bill, SGM, (1978-2014) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Loucks, David, SP 5, (1981-1984) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Schweizer, William, SP 4, (1980-1984) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Townsend, Peter, SGT, (1982-1990) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Travis, Ronald, SP 4, (1980-1984) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Woods, Charles, SP 4, (1982-1984) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Burnette, Richard, SGM, (1983-Present) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Canty, Melvin, SGT, (1983-1987) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Lobo, Domingos, SFC, (1982-2007) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Gates, Michael, SSG, (1983-1994) IN 11B10 Private (E-1)
Hall, Andrew, 1SG, (1981-2003) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Holmes, Bill, LTC, (1976-1996) SC 25A Captain
Porter, William, COL, (1978-2008) IN 11B Captain
Law, Thomas (Mike), MAJ, (1979-2006) IN 11A Second Lieutenant
Blankenship, Kevin, SGT, (1982-1985) AG 71L10 Sergeant
Cotter, William, SSG, (1983-1989) QM 76Y20 Sergeant
McRoberts, Timothy, SP 4, (1980-1991) MP 95B10 Corporal
Brown, Charles, SP 4, (1982-1985) MP 95B40 Specialist 4
Froning, James, SPC, (1980-1986) SC 31E10 Specialist 4
Heald, John, SGT, (1982-1989) MP 95B10 Specialist 4
Stolfi, Leo, 1SG, (1982-2004) MP 95B10 Specialist 4
Williams, Ernest, SGT, (1977-1984) OD 63B10 Specialist 4
HOPSON, DAVID, SGT, (1982-1996) SC 67B Private First Class
Mahoney, Eugene, SSG, (1977-1989) IN Staff Sergeant
Lambert, Jeff, SGT, (1982-1986) IN Sergeant
Chapman, David, SSG, (1975-1987) Sergeant
Chapman, David, SSG, (1975-1987) Sergeant

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