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Personal info

Full name
LATOUR, Willrose J
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31050320
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 September 1944
Place of death
North of Dinant, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 15 60

Immediate family

Members
Eva B. Latour (mother)

More information

Pfc Willrose J. Latour worked in the manufacturing of textiles before he enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 10 October 1941.

Pfc Willrose J. Latour was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Amandine Jaunet - Henri-Chapelle Cemetery Associate