Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

William R. Lawley, Jr.

Colonel USAF (Ret)

— 1920 - 1999 —

William R. Lawley, Jr. Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 6, 2012

1. William R. Lawley, Jr. Marker

Inscription.
Recipient of the
Medal of Honor
for
Conspicuous Gallantry
and
Intrepidity in Action
20 February 1944

Mission on 20 February 1944
Target: Leipzig, Germany
1st. Lt. William R. Lawley, Jr. & Crew
305th Bomb Group 8th Air Force
United States Army Air Corps
European Theater of Operations

[Dedicated 3 November 2000]

Erected 2000 by Friends of Colonel Lawley and Montgomery Retired Officers Association.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list. A significant historical date for this entry is February 20, 1944.

Location. 32° 22.902′ N, 86° 20.732′ W. Marker is in Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It is on Ash Street west of Poplar Street, on the right when traveling west. Monument is in the Maxwell Air Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Montgomery AL 36112, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: North American B-25 Mitchell (a few steps from this marker); Air University / Maxwell Air Force Base (a few steps from this marker); Major General James Harrison Wilson, USV / Wilson's Raiders

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Former POWs And Those MIA (within shouting distance of this marker); Montgomery Chapter of the American Ex-Prisoners of War (within shouting distance of this marker); British and Commonwealth Pilots Trained in the U.S.A. (within shouting distance of this marker); Sikorsky MH-53M 'Pave Low IV' Helicopter (within shouting distance of this marker); Boeing B-52D "Stratofortress" (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Maxwell Air Force Base.

Also see . . . USAF Film on Lawley Medal of Honor. (Submitted on April 15, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

William R. Lawley, Jr. Marker (back) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 6, 2012

2. William R. Lawley, Jr. Marker (back)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 6, 2012

3. William R. Lawley, Jr. Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 15, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,160 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 15, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.