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Personal info

Full name
RUETER, Lacy Wilson
Date of birth
15 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Blount County, Tennessee
Hometown
Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34736384
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Near Albestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 27 88

Immediate family

Members
Kleffmann H. Rueter Sr. (father)
Margaret (Wilson) Rueter (mother)
Anne E. Rueter (sister)
Kleffmann H. Rueter Jr. (brother)

More information

Pfc Lacy W. Rueter enlisted in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 11 June 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / Blackwood Family Tree / 1940 Census, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Maryville Tennessee, www.newspapers.com - The Knoxville Journal - 8 December 1944