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Personal info

Full name
LAWRENCE, Julius Augustus
Date of birth
17 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
36792315
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Southern sector of the Ruhr Pocket, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 20 12

Immediate family

Members
William H. Lawrence (father)
Grace (Huglett) Lawrence (mother)
William H. Lawrence (brother)
Roscoe E. Lawrence (brother)
M. Hazel Lawrence (sister)

More information

More information about African-Americans who volunteered for infantry regiments, can be found here:
https://history.army.mil/html/topics/afam/aa-volinfreps.html

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.9thinfantrydivision.net, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet