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Personal info

Full name
LA ROCK, Richard J
Date of birth
19 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Kaukauma, Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36292846
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
Koblenz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 5 10

Immediate family

Members
Frank La Rock (father)
Sarah (Austin) La Rock (mother)
Ruth P. La Rock (sister)
Lilian M. La Rock (sister)
Evelyn M. (Dietzler) La Rock (wife)
Judith A. La Rock (daughter)
Lee La Rock (son)
David R. La Rock (son)

More information

Pfc Richard J. La Rock attended high school for 4 years and was employed by the Thilmany Pulp and Paper company before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 28 December 1942.

He is remembered at the Mount Calvary Cemetery in De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Post Crescent Wisconsin - 30 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Danielle Green, www.ancestry.com - M. M. LaRock / Luvtodance