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Personal info

Full name
LAVRIHA, William Edward
Date of birth
1 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio
Hometown
Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O1313259
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
Moncel-lès-Lunéville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 67

Immediate family

Members
Jakob Lavriha (father)
Mary L. (Kure) Lavriha (mother)
Jack E. Lavriha (brother)
Anthony F. Lavriha (brother)
Lillian Lavriha (sister)
Mary L. Lavriha (sister)

More information

1st Lt William E. Lavriha was a retail manager at Isaly's Dairy before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 22 June 1942. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemtery in Andilly, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Mary Kosmach Extended Family Tree, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com - Enakopravnost - 14 October 1944.
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