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Personal info

Full name
CROSCHERE, Lawrence Bernard
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan
Hometown
Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36403693
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 8 53

Immediate family

Members
Arthur J. Croschere (father)
Lillian M. (de Repentigny-Acre) Croschere (mother)
Gerald A. Croschere (brother)
Ruth E. Croschere (sister)
Irene M. Croschere (sister)
Ramona C. Croschere (half sister)
Arthur J. Croschere (half brother)
Julia M. Croschere (half sister)
Leonard V. Croschere (half brother)
Sally A. Croschere (half sister)
Nellie J. Croschere (half sister)

More information

Sgt Lawrence B. Croschere attended high school for four years and was a routeman before he enlisted in Marquette, Michigan on 9 October 1942.

His brother, Sgt Gerald A. Croschere, is buried at the American Military Cemetery of Cambridge.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, After Action Report 60th AIB

Photo source:
www.ancestry.com - FredrickReinhard68, https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=63421