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Personal info

Full name
LAQUA, Thomas John
Date of birth
12 November 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
West Albany, Wabasha County, Minnesota
Hometown
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37594149
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gey, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 12 39

Immediate family

Members
Frank W. Laqua (father)
Gertrude T. (Schillie) Laqua (mother)
Marie Laqua (sister)
Francis W. Laqua (brother)
Sylvester Laqua (brother)
Joseph Laqua (brother)
Isabel C. Laqua (sister)
Vincent H. Laqua (brother)
Betty D. Laqua (sister)
Isadore Laqua (sister)
Cecelia (Foster) Laqua (wife)
Brent Laqua (son)
Sharon Laqua (daughter)
Carolyn Laqua (daughter)

More information

Pvt Thomas J. Laqua attended high school for three years and worked in the production of filter elements for cars and other devices.

He enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 1 May 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930/1940 Census / Various Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Werner Ulrich