Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
KILBY, Lawrence Joseph
Date of birth
21 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Hometown
St. Louis County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
17109945
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 1 14

Immediate family

Members
Edward J. Kilby (father)
Bertha L. (Nesby) Kilby (mother)
Margaret L. Kilby (sister)
John E. Kilby (brother)
Virginia O. Kilby (sister)
William F. Kilby (brother)
Mary L. Kilby (sister)
Loraine J. Kilby (twin sister)
Robert L. Kilby (brother)

More information

Pvt Lawrence J. Kilby enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 2 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/506/506_honor_kl.html, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Jeske Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels