Naff Lawrence Laws was born in Pensacola, Yancey County, North Carolina
He was shipped aboard the tanker, Jacksonville, as a member of the Naval Armed Guard. The Jacksonville was in transit in the North East Atlantic when she was torpedoed and sunk.
Wife: Mrs. Rosie Garland Laws, 18 Exum Street, Johnson City, TN
KIA Crew 48, AG 30.
Memorialized at Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
- Rank: Seaman First Class
- Date of birth: 6 April 1914
- Date of death: 30 August 1944
- County: Washington
- Hometown: Johnson City
- Service Branch: Navy
- Division/Assignment: SS Jacksonville
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XIX, Middle Panel
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