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Personal info

Full name
LA BOON, Alvin John
Date of birth
4 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Easley, Pickens County, South Carolina
Hometown
Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31342892
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
Fremifontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 25 50

Immediate family

Members
John F. La Boon (father)
Stella A. (Ellison) La Boon (mother)
Mildred A. La Boon (sister)

More information

Pfc Alvin J. La Boon attended high school for 3 years before he enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 9 April 1943.

He 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.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Waylon Cooper Extended Family / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / 50th AIB