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Personal info

Full name
SALINE, Lawrence Ewald
Date of birth
2 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36282044
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
111th Engineer Combat Battalion,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bilwisheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 23 52

Immediate family

Members
Ewald M. Saline (father)
Edith M. (Erickson) Saline (mother)
Lorraine M. Saline (sister)
Melvin Saline (brother)
Roy M. Saline (brother)
Lois M. (Bilsey) Saline (wife)

More information

Pvt Lawrence E. Saline was a brakeman with the railroad before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 10 November 1942.

He was killed when he stepped on a land mine.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov – Dwain L. Ford (brother-in-law), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1930 Census / Minnesota Marriage, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy