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011    FOREST LAWN CEMETERY (Greensboro City Owned)   -   Surname starts with L

Location - 3901 Forest Lawn Drive, off Pisgah Church Rd, Greensboro.

Coordinates: 36d 07m 40.2s N; 79d 50m 33.2s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From intersection of US 220 (Battleground Avenue) and Pisgah Church Road (north of downtown Greensboro), go east on Pisgah Church Rd for about 200 -300 yards and turn left on Forest Lawn Drive. Then go about 50 yards and turn left on a drive in front of an elementary school. Follow this small paved road which enters into the cemetery and continue to the right which is where the military section is located.

This cemetery opened in 1928 and has a large veterans memorial section.
Surveyed by Robert Carter in months of July through November 2011.
Public or Private: Public Access
Elevation above sea level (ft.): 887
Status of cemetery: Currently maintained

This is a full and complete survey of veterans burials as found in the months of July through November 2011. The burials are in concentric circles which emanate outward from a tall monument with the American flag. Please do not copy this data and post to other web sites as if this was your own research. Although births and deaths are facts and not copyrighted, genealogy integrity suggests you give reference sources where you obtained the data and the source provider, Robert Carter. Any photos provided "ARE" copyrighted and you cannot copy and post to other sites or use them in other ways without the owner's permission. Many of the early burials only had the date of death without any date of births. Some common abbreviations of medals and honors a can be found at the links below:

Enlisted ranks - http://www.defense.gov/about/insignias/enlisted.aspx
Officer ranks - http://www.defense.gov/about/insignias/officers.aspx

Some common medals found in this survey are:
--AM (Air Medal)
--ARCOM (Army Commendation Medal)
--BSM (Bronze Star Medal)
--PH (Purple Heart)

Special Note: The veterans burials are in concentric circles without identified rows, and most are buried according to the date when they died. Those nearest the central monument are the earliest burials and those farther away are more recent. So, if you are looking for a loved one, look for those whose death dates are in the same month and years and it should be nearby. As with any research, if you see any factual errors please send an email for a correction.

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Monument.
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Plaque - The Answer.
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Plaque - The Challenge.
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Flag.



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1. Lackey, James J.   (b. 5 Nov 1920 - d. 8 Nov 1945)
North Carolina, CPL, World War II
2. LaFata, Arthur P.   (b. 1922 - d. 1977)
PFC, US Army, World War II, North Carolina
3. Lamb, Robert Newton   (b. 2 Nov 1911 - d. 14 Oct 1962)
North Carolina, PFC, US Army, World War II
4. Lanning, Leland Roscoe   (b. 14 Jan 1933 - d. 18 Mar 1999)
SGT, US Marine Corps, Korea, Vietnam
5. LaRue, Donald Robert   (b. 8 Jun 1910 - d. 30 Jul 1964)
North Carolina, PFC, Headquarters Detachment, 12th Army, World War II
6. Laval, Curtis Isaac   (b. 28 Sep 1958 - d. 17 Apr 2001)
SP4, US Army
7. Lawrence, George Ivey   (b. 20 Feb 1910 - d. 16 Dec 1972)
North Carolina, S1, US Coast Guard, World War II
8. Lawson, Walter Ray   (b. 19 Nov 1948 - d. 22 Apr 1994)
US Army, Vietnam
9. Ledford, Roger Stephen   (b. 21 Jun 1949 - d. 10 Jun 1970)
North Carolina, SP4, Co D, 81st Airborne, 503rd Infantry, Vietnam, BSM
10. Lester, James C.   (b. 6 Jul 1930 - d. 15 Jun 1974)
FN, US Navy
11. Levette, George W.   (b. 1 Apr 1916 - d. 10 Oct 2000)
PFC, US Army, World War II
12. Lillibridge, Louis Leroy   (b. 1950 - d. 1978)
CTT3, US Navy
13. Lilly, Frank Davis   (b. 15 Sep 1916 - d. 18 Aug 1972)
North Carolina, Captain, 78th Infantry Div, World War II
14. Lilly, Howard Wayne   (b. 23 Jul 1943 - d. 29 Jul 1979)
SP4, US Army, Vietnam
15. Lindquist, Eugene S.   (b. 22 Oct 1896 - d. 7 May 1946)
Pennsylvania, SGT, 155th Depot Brigade, World War I
16. Lindsay, John Edgar III   (b. 29 Jun 1971 - d. 29 Mar 2000)
US Marine Corps
17. Lindsay, Louis Parker   (b. 9 Feb 1917 - d. 21 Mar 2000)
Colonel, US Air Force, World War II, Korea, Vietnam
18. Lindsay, Louis Parker Jr   (b. 27 Aug 1956 - d. 27 Feb 2007)
US Coast Guard
19. Lindsay, William   (b. 1909 - d. 1996)
US Army
20. Lineberry, George Emerson   (b. 11 Apr 1888 - d. 11 Jul 1973)
North Carolina, PFC, US Army, World War I
21. Linney, David Patrick Jr   (b. 30 Sep 1925 - d. 13 Sep 1982)
US Marine Corps, World War II
22. Lisenby, Walter L.   (b. 25 Aug 1918 - d. 3 May 1993)
PFC, US Army, World War II
23. Livingston, Jack Hayes   (b. 16 Oct 1891 - d. 25 Jul 1967)
North Carolina, 1st Lt, 40th Co, 4th Infantry Repl Regiment, World War I
24. Livingston, Robert L.   (b. 1919 - d. 2007)
US Army - Home With the Lord
25. Locke, James Edward   (b. 3 Sep 1898 - d. 25 Aug 1958)
North Carolina, PVT, 3rd Remount SQ QMC, World War I
26. Lockett, Hershel Maurice   (b. 27 Feb 1953 - d. 24 Mar 1996)
PVT, US Marine Corps
27. Loflin, Terry Linn   (b. 12 Feb 1946 - d. 24 Sep 1992)
SP4, US Army, Vietnam
28. Loman, Henry E.   (b. 16 Aug 1913 - d. 18 Jul 1996)
TEC4, US Army, World War II
29. Long, James Hoyt   (b. 15 Feb 1930 - d. 26 May 2000)
MSGT, US Air Force, Korea, Vietnam
30. Long, Joseph A.   (b. 30 Dec 1882 - d. 18 Sep 1944)
North Carolina, Major, Ordnance
31. Lott, Arthur   (b. 5 Jan 1909 - d. 2 Aug 1997)
SGT, US Army, World War II
32. Loy, Robert Lee   (b. 7 Sep 1921 - d. 11 Apr 1998)
US Army, World War II
33. Lumsden, Robert Theodore   (b. 9 Dec 1907 - d. 18 Jan 1964)
North Carolina, PFC, US Army, World War II
34. Lutz, Allen P.   (b. 15 Jan 1939 - d. 21 Jan 1961)
North Carolina, A2C, US Air Force