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LAZORE, Earl R - Date of
birth
16 February 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Saint Francis, Aroostook County, Maine -
Hometown
Aroostook County, Maine
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31037718 -
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade -
Function
Tank Driver -
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
8 September 1944 - Place of
death
Limont, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
John Lazore (father)
Rosie A. (Brann) Lazore (mother)
Stanley D. Lazore (brother)
Eldon J. Lazore (brother)
Velda Lazore (sister)
Debra J. Lazore (sister)
Ellray J. Lazore (brother)
More information
T/4 Earl R. Lazore enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 7 January 1942. He worked in construction before he enlisted. He had been overseas for a year.A half-track and three M5A1 Stuart light tanks were send out to find two trucks of B Company of the 23rd Armored Engineer Combat Battalion who were missing since the day before. In Limont, they ran into a unit of the SS Panzerdivision "Das Reich". The full story can be read here: http://libertybelgium.jimdo.com/embuscade-à-limont/
An official message had been received which stated that Earl was killed in action on the date he previously was reported missing in action.
He is remembered at the Saint Paul Congregational Cemetery in Saint Francis, Aroostook County, Maine.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Pelletier Family Tree, http://libertybelgium.jimdo.com
Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.findagrave.com