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Personal info

Full name
FITZGERALD, Louis Thomas
Date of birth
16 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Bloomingdale, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Morris County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42118018
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Petite-Langlire, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 14 7

Immediate family

Members
Peter L. Fitzgerald (father)
Louise Fitzgerald (mother)
Lillian Fitzgerald (sister)
Georgianna Fitzgerald (sister)
Charles Fitzgerald (brother)
Peter D. Fitzgerald (brother)
Lillian G. Fitzgerald (wife)

More information

Louis T. Fitzgerald worked as a farm hand.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 26 April 1944.

Source of information: Elizabeth Locklar (great-granddaughter), Carla Mans, Enlistment Record / National Archives, ABMC / WWII Memorial, National Archives / WWII Memorial, CWGC-ABMC / Find A Grave

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Lacey Lou