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Personal info

Full name
LATOURETTE, Lyman Todd Jr
Date of birth
14 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
Hometown
Multnomah County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
19118587
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 November 1944
Place of death
Standdaarbuiten, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 4 14

Immediate family

Members
Lyman T. Latourette (father)
Hazel E. (Range) Latourette (mother)
Charlotte E. Latourette (sister)

More information

Pfc Lyman T. Latourette Jr. graduated from Washington High School in 1941 and attended Oregon State University.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Corvallis, Oregon on 9 December 1942. He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program (A.S.T.P.) and studied engineering at Princeton University. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Oregon State College 1943, The Oregon Daily Journal - 7 December 1944, Washington High School - 1941