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Personal info

Full name
RANDEL, Lawrence Willard
Date of birth
22 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Wilbarger County, Texas
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39599531
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gröningen-Barby, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 2 9

Immediate family

Members
Cleveland H. Randel (father)
Belvia A. Randel (mother)
Allen J. Randel (brother)
Naomi Randel (sister)
Quova M. Randel (wife)
Alice Randel (sister)
Gary L. Randel (son)

More information

Pvt Lawrence W. Randel enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 1 September 1944.

He is remembered at the Chillicothe Cemetery, Chillicothe, Hardemand County, Texas.

On one of the photos he poses with his grandfathe Elbert, his mother, his sister Naomi and his father.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, Find A Grave - Headstone Inscription and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, M. D. Deadmon, www.ancestry.com - LSpohn66