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Personal info

Full name
LAWRENCE, William Howard
Date of birth
3 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Booneville, Prentiss County, Mississippi
Hometown
Prentiss County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34871098
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
In the area of Elsenborn, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 1 47

Immediate family

Members
Lee Howard Lawrence (father)
Emma L. (Johnson) Lawrence (mother)
Thomas G. Lawrence (brother)
Jimmy G. Lawrence (brother)

Biography

Bronze Star, Purple Heart

More information

Pvt William H. Lawrence worked as a machinist apprentice.

He enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 18 August 1943.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Census US 1930/1940 / www.ancestry.com, enlistment record / www.archives.gov, www.abmc.gov, ABMC / National Archives / www.wwiimemorial.com, Rick Lawrence / Cristie / www.findagrave.com, Sparks Family Tree (annabanana641) / www.ancestry.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Joyce Osborne / www.findagrave.com