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Personal info

Full name
LOAR, Paul Homer
Date of birth
24 March 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Newark, Licking County, Ohio
Hometown
Newark, Licking County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35560686
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 88

Immediate family

Members
Carey T. Loar (father)
Olive E. (Stevens) Loar (mother)
Ross W. Loar (brother)
Carl E. Loar (brother)
Elizabeth M. (Goble) Loar (wife)
Richard E. Loar (son)
Harley P. Loar (son)
Barbara A. Loar (daughter)
Enyart Loar (son)
Betty Loar (daughter)

More information

Paul H. Loar worked for the Baltimore and Ohio raidroad as a brakeman.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 27 February 1944 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was wounded in action in France on 14 September 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / Wilson Family Tree / 1940 Census, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.newspapers.com - The Newark Advocate

Photo source: Licking County Library "In the Company of Heroes"