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Personal info

Full name
LASTER, Arthur Lee
Date of birth
14 April 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia
Hometown
Colquitt County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34947867
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 1 1

Immediate family

Members
John G. Laster (father)
Lucy M. (Hall) Laster (mother)
Joseph C. Laster (brother)
James G. Laster (brother)
Vernon C. Laster (brother)
Allen R. Laster (brother)
Rennie V. Laster (wife)

More information

Pvt Arthur L. Laster enlisted at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgie on 27 May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, WWII Draft Card, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, Alvie Laster, various family trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Laster Family