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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, La Rue Oniel
Date of birth
1 February 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
River View, Chambers County, Alabama
Hometown
Langdale, Chambers County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34265235
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
69th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
Armacourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 13 25

Immediate family

Members
William O. Williams (father)
Mattie W. (Bennett) Williams (mother)
Ernest C. Williams (brother)
Christine E. Williams (sister)
Mattie L. Williams (sister)
William H. Williams (brother)
Ruby G. Williams (sister)
Mildred J. Williams (sister)
Lurlene Williams (sister)
June Williams (sister)
Ada L. Williams (sister)
Beverly J. Williams (sister)

More information

Cpl La Rue O. Williams enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 18 March 1942.
He was reported wounded in action on the same day he died.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Mrs. Ada L. Williams Humphrey, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Zsigray Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Crayton Smith, www.newspapers.com – The Valley Daily Times News Alabama 11 October 1944, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Crayton Smith