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Personal info

Full name
LICHTENBERGER, Lawrence Edwin
Date of birth
10 July 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois
Hometown
Peoria County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36052238
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Near Ettelbruck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 11 60

Immediate family

Members
William J. Lichtenberger (father)
Carrie L. (Fornoff) Lichtenberger (mother)
Orville Lichtenberger (brother)
Louella Lichtenberger (wife)

More information

T/5 Lawrence E Lichtenberger attended Pekin Community High School and was employed by Caterpillar Tractor Co. as a repairman of motor vehicles.

He enlisted in Peoria on 6 May 1941.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten