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Personal info

Full name
LAGRONE, Rufus Christo
Date of birth
14 December 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
West Blocton, Bibb County, Alabama
Hometown
West Blocton, Bibb County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34002086
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 5 7

Immediate family

Members
Rufus C. Lagrone (father)
Nancy O. (George) Lagrone (mother)
Urcera C. Lagrone (brother)
George N. Lagrone (brother)

More information

Pfc Rufus C. Lagrone attended high school for three years and was a miner and mining-machine operator at the Black Diamond Coal Company before he enlisted at Fort Barrancas, Florida on 7 December 1940.

Pfc Lagrone drowned.

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 / Lipsey Family Tree, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery