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Personal info

Full name
LAASE, Fred
Date of birth
5 August 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio
Hometown
Trumbull County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35021639
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 15 42

Immediate family

Members
George L. Laase (father)
Anna E. (Butler) Laase (mother)
Phelman Laase (sister)
George Laase (brother)
Charles Laase (brother)
Alma Laase (wife)

More information

Pfc Fred Laase enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 31 March 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Note: In the ABMC database, the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment is incorrectly listed as the 41st Infantry Battalion.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ohio, Births and Christenings Index / Peck McCannon Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet