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Lt. Lilly had graduated from the 4th Student Officer Company, Flight Class 70-22 (B-1), Fort Wolters, Texas. In Vietnam, he served with A Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division based at Phuoc Vinh, RVN. His tour began on 15 November 1970. He was lost during Lam Son 719, during a night mission in Cambodia. Crew: 1st Lt. Lawrence E. Lilly (P) (MIA/BNR), Capt. David P. Schweitzer (P) (Rescued)
On March 17, 1971, Capt. David P. Schweitzer, pilot and 1Lt. Lawrence E. Lilly, co-pilot, comprised the crew of an AH-1G helicopter (serial #69-17935) conducting a visual reconnaissance mission. As the aircraft was near a landing zone, it was hit by enemy fire of the F-21B Infantry Regiment, 5th Viet Cong Division and forced to the ground. The LZ was deep inside Cambodia in the Snuol District of Kracheh (Kratie) Province, near Seang Village.
Rescue efforts were successful in extracting Capt. Schweitzer, but due to heavy enemy fire, they were forced to leave the area before Lilly could be extracted. Lt. Lilly was last seen by U.S. personnel lying on his back with his shirt partially open and blood on his chest and neck. He was observed being fired upon by Viet Cong forces."
Source: https://www.pownetwork.org/bios/l/l376.htm Lt. Lilly remains MIA: He left a wife, Nancy, at his disappearance. They had married in Alexandria, Virginia in 14 June 1968. His father was Col. Bobby J. Lilly, USAF who passed in 2010.
This Soldier has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Arlington National Cemetery:
