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Personal info

Full name
KUSHMIDER, Lawrence
Date of birth
15 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Asbury Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Hometown
Asbury Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32572690
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
63rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Moircy, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 3 26

Immediate family

Members
Valentine A. Kushmider (father)
Louise S. (Domin) Kushmider (mother)
Mary Kushmider (sister)
Joseph Kushmider (brother)
Josephine Kushmider (sister)
Stella Kushmider (sister)
Albert G. Kushmider (brother)
Walter Kushmider (brother)

More information

Pfc Lawrence Kushmider enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 7 November 1942.

He was killed by an enemy grenade.

One of his brothers served in the southwest of the Pacific.

Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / New Jersey, Marriage Index, 1901-2016, http://www.11tharmoreddivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten