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Personal info

Full name
LAPAN, Howard Douglas
Date of birth
5 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Johnson, Lamoille County, Vermont
Hometown
Lamoille County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
31470028
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 1 24

Immediate family

Members
Ernest Lapan (father)
Eliza M. (Stevens) Lapan (mother)
William C. Lapan (brother)
Ernest Lapan (brother)
Eliza A. Lapan (sister)

More information

Pfc Howard D. Lapan enlisted in Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 12 June 1944.
He attended high school for 1 year and worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: Aimee Fogg, The Burlington Free Press 17 April 1945