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Personal info

Full name
LAZAR, Ernest
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Chicago City, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36002262
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vernéville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 33 37

Immediate family

Members
Hugo Lazar (father)

Rose Lazar (sister)

William Lazar (brother)

Alex Lazar (brother)

More information

T/5 Ernest Lazar was an inspector before he joined the Regular Army in Chicago, Illinois, on 27 January 1941.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census

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