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Personal info

Full name
LARANCE, Willis A
Date of birth
19 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Burnett, Burnett County, Texas
Hometown
Lueders, Shackelford County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38633432
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 2 18

Immediate family

Members
Wesley H. Larance (father)
Etta M. (Thomason) Larance (mother)
Wesley W. Larance (brother)
John E. Larance (brother)
Mary S. Larance (sister)
Velmer J. Larance (brother)
Audrena (West) Larance (wife)
Corby A. Larance (son)

More information

Pvt Willis A. Larance worked on a farm before he enlisted in Dallas, Texas on 18 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimeorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Vallie Corbet West Family / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Astrid, www.newspapers.com - Abilene Reporter News Texas - 14 April 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Anderson