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Personal info

Full name
TORRENCE, Lorne James
Date of birth
8 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
North Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey
Hometown
Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42103029
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 2 17

Immediate family

Members
James Torrence (father)
Mae Torrence (mother)

More information

Pvt Lorne J. Torrence attended PHS and was employed at Kingston-Conley Electric Company.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 28 December 1943. He had been overseas six weeks. Besides his mother, he was survivied by an aunt and and uncle in East Hartford.

He was initially buried at Molenhoek Cemetery near Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Source of information: Cor van den Burg, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-News, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-News