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Personal info

Full name
MOURET, Lawrence
Date of birth
29 August 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38489340
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Putscheid-Weiler, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 92

Immediate family

Members
Albert C. Mouret (father)
Mathilde A. (Richard) Mouret (mother)
Louis A. Mouret (brother)
Ethel Mouret (sister)
Harry Mouret (brother)
Anna M. (Rawls) Mouret (wife)

More information

Pfc Lawrence Mouret graduated from Opelousas High School and was employed as a manager at the Mouret Packing Company.

He enlisted in Lafayette, Louisiana on 30 September 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Scott Mouret Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Daily World 11 February 1945