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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, Lawrence Clayton
Date of birth
3 July 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana
Hometown
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39457919
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 April 1945
Place of death
Near Oberammergau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 13 34

Immediate family

Members
Ira J. Williams (father)
Edna W. (Dunne) Williams (mother)
Esther F. Williams (sister)

More information

Sgt Lawrence C. Williams attended college for one year and was a skilled lineman and serviceman before he enlisted in Spokane, Washington on 24 October 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Montana Birth Records / Beck Family Tree, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura S