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Personal info

Full name
LARAWAY, Cedric Charles
Date of birth
14 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont
Hometown
Newport, Orleans County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
31403356
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Frémonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 14 56

Immediate family

Members
Jay F. Laraway (father)
Irma G. (Horner) Laraway (mother)
Jessibelle J. Laraway (sister)
Lena G. Laraway (sister)
Giles E. Laraway (brother)
Perley F. Laraway (brother)
Pearl D. (Marancy) Laraway (wife)
Nancy Laraway (daughter)
Dorothy Laraway (daughter)
Mary Laraway (daughter)
Robert Laraway (son)

More information

Pfc Cedric C. Laraway was employed at the Lakeside Plywood Company before he enlisted in Rutland, Vermont on 24 November 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell frgaments to his chest.

His brother Perley served in the South Pacific.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Lurvey Family World Project / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux / Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com - The Newport Daily Express, 30 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Jeff Hall