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Personal info

Full name
LAITRES, Alfred Joseph
Date of birth
20 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Morgan, Orleans County, Vermont
Hometown
Island Pond, Essex County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
31200606
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Runner
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bennwihr-Sigolsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 14 15

Immediate family

Members
Ernest J. Laitres (father)
Mary B. Laitres (mother)
Leo M. Laitres (brother)
Helen M. Laitres (sister)
Alice M. Laitres (sister)
Ernest J. Laitres (brother)
Patrick J. Laitres (brother)

More information

Pfc Alfred J. Laitres worked on a farm before he enlisted in Rutland, Vermont on 2 December 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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