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Personal info

Full name
MCKNIGHT, Lawrence William
Date of birth
27 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Virgil, Greenwood County, Kansas
Hometown
Cherryvale, Labette County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37523291
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
Near Sevenig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 3 55

Immediate family

Members
Bruce U. McKnight (father)
Elsa A. McKnight (mother)
Walter F. McKnight (brother)
Lucile G. McKnight (sister)
Laverne McKnight (sister)
Rita M. McKnight (sister)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
Photo source: Peter Schouteten