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Personal info

Full name
LUTHER, Larry Roland
Date of birth
7 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33673904
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 57

Immediate family

Members
William A. Luther Sr. (father)
Cora F. (Parent) Luther (mother)
William A. Luther Jr. (brother)
Joseph P. Luther (brother)
Robert C. Luther (brother)

More information

Pvt Larry R. Luther attended Bellevue High School.

He enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 3 June 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Luther Family Tree / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, http://www.ww2airborne.us, Ralph Peeters - E-yearbook.com