SHEA, Lawrence Francis "Larry"

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Full name
SHEA, Lawrence Francis "Larry"

Date of birth
12 September 1923

Age
21

Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Ethnicity
White

Religion
Catholic

Military service

Service number
32717250

Rank
Corporal

Function
Rifleman

Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division

Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action

Date of death
2 April 1945

Place of death
Near the crossroads to Kassel
Kassel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten

Plot	Row	Grave
D	11	26

Immediate family

Members
Walter S. Shea (father)
Genevieve T. Shea (mother)
Mary Shea (sister)
Margaret Shea (sister)
Genevieve Shea (sister)
Theresa Shea (sister)
James Shea (brother)
Walter Shea (brother)
Vincent Shea (brother)

More information

Cpl Lawrence F. Shea enlisted in New York. First, he was stationed in Florida in the US Army Air Forces. At the end of 1944, he was transferred to the infantry. He joined the 80th Infantry Division in Mainz, Germany, on 22 March 1945. Lawrence F. Shea died during a counterattack of German Forces. He was probably killed by a German Tiger tank.

From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle:
"Corporal Lawrence Shea of 749 President St. was born in Brooklyn. He attended Visitation School and was employed by Oakite Products, Inc. at Bush Terminal, when he entered the army air forces in January, 1942. He was stationed at Avon Park, Fla., until November, 1944, when he was transferred to the infantry, and went overseas last March. While with Oakite, he pitched on the company baseball team."