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Personal info

Full name
LAURY, William Jacoby "Bill"
Date of birth
4 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
19133985
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vossenack-Germeter, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 2 23

Immediate family

Members
William H. Laury (father)
Marion (Weierbach Jacoby) Laury (mother)
Jean M. Laury (sister)
Jack R. Laury (brother)

More information

Pfc William J. Laury graduated from Huntington Park High School in June 1941 and attended the University of California.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Woodland, California on 14 December 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, André Koch, 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 / 1254AJF Family Tree / 1930 Census, The Golden Memory Book

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Golden Memory Book, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks 1880-2012 Huntington Park Highschool California 1941