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Personal info

Full name
LAFFIN, Maurice P
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31362508
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Near Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 36 20

Immediate family

Members
Peter A. Laffin (father)
Alice E. (Fitzgerald) Laffin (mother)
Thomas M. Laffin (brother)
John J. Laffin (brother)
James G. Laffin (brother)
Mary A. Laffin (sister)
Joseph P. Laffin (brother)

More information

Pfc Maurice P. Laffin attended high school for one year before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 17 June 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Ham, Luxembourg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Miranda Cross Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com

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