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Personal info

Full name
LAWSON, Earl Joseph
Date of birth
18 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Greece Town, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
42099689
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Stadtilm-Rudolstadt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 6 32

Immediate family

Members
Herbert J. Lawson (father)
Evelyn M. (Male) Lawson (mother)
George H. Lawson (brother)
Gloria Lawson (sister)
Donald F. Lawson (brother)
Nathalie Lawson (sister)
Frank J. Lawson (brother)
Walter Lawson (brother)
Margaret Lawson (sister)
Catherine Lawson (sister)
Maryella Lawson (sister)
Helen Lawson (sister)
Donna Lawson (sister)

More information

Pfc Earl J. Lawson worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Rochester, New York on 6 October 1944. He was killed less than a month after he went overseas.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Amy Lynn Powell Bloss Family Tree / WWII Draft Card, www.87thinfantrydivision.com, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Monty McDaniel, Rochester Democrat Chronicle