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Personal info

Full name
CHRISTIAN, Lawrence Marshall
Date of birth
14 October 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Millburn Township, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32761792
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Derbamont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 26 50

Immediate family

Members
Kenneth A. Christian (father)
Virginia (Lishawa) Christian (mother)
Joyce Christian (sister)

More information

Pfc Lawrence M. Christian graduated Millburn High School.

He enlisted in February 1943 and was sent to North Africa in January 1944.

Pfc Christian was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New Jersey Episcopal Diocese of Newark Church Records / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, The Item of Milburn and Short Hills - 19 October 1944