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Personal info

Full name
LEWIS, Laurie Leonard
Date of birth
24 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Clarion, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Ashland, Clarion County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33940017
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Uckerath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 9 66

Immediate family

Members
Audley E. Lewis (father)
Minnie A. (Dehner) Lewis (mother)
Audley E. Lewis (brother)
William H. Lewis (brother)
Larue M. Lewis (brother)
Audrey H. Lewis (sister)
Jack S. Lewis (brother)
Eleanor (Hess) Lewis (wife)
Audrey Lewis (daughter)
Leonard Lewis (son)

More information

Pfc Laurie L. Lewis enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 20 May 1944 and trained at Camp Fannin, Texas. He arrived overseas in November, 1944. Before entering the service, he was a member of the Batch & Furnace Department at the Clarion plant of Owens-Illinois Glass Company, joining that organization in April of 1942. He attended Williamsburg public school.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / WWII Draft Card, www.newspapers.com - The Clarion Democrat

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Pamela Myers-Grewell