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Personal info

Full name
LUX, Louis John
Date of birth
20 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Connecticut
Hometown
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31405264
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Hastenrath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 15 37

Immediate family

Members
Herman F. Lux (father)
Margaret Lux (mother)
Joseph Lux (brother)

More information

Pfc Louis J. Lux attended Crosby High School.

He enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 25 August 1943.

Pfc Louis J. Lux is remembered at New Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.wwiimemorial.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Waterbury Ward, www.ancestry.com - US School Yearbook, www.wwiimemorial.com - David F. Babson