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Laurence M Strassner

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Class Year (or years attended): Class of 1960

Military Service Branch: US Army Active, Maryland National Guard

Years of Service: Army 1965-1970, National Guard 1970-1980

Service Academy or ROTC Institution: West Point class of 1965

Highest Rank Attained: Major

Type of Separation: Resigned

Awards and Decorations: Bronze Star, Army Commendation, Viet Nam Service

Major Duty Assignments, Military Units/Organizations/Ships, and Locations of Service?: Battery Commander 2d BN, 73d Arty Hanau Germany 1966- 67, Battery Commander 7th BN, 15th Arty I Corps, Viet Nam 1968. Artillery Instructor US Army Engineer Officer's Advanced Course 1967-70 Ft Belvoir VA.

Most Memorable Military Experience or Accomplishment: Surviving North Viet Nam's Tet Offensive in 1968

Share the in-service schools/training attended and your primary military specialty.: Ranger, Airborne, Army Nuclear Weapons School, Infantry Officer Advanced Course

If your service included combat or hostile action describe: Service in Viet Nam Feb 1968 - Jan 1969 7thBn/15th Artillery, held the positions of Battery Commander Jan-Sep '68, Asst S-3 Sep '68 - Feb '69.

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