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Personal info

Full name
LAWVER, Vernon Elmer "Ted"
Date of birth
7 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Mentor, Lake County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35517346
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
42nd Tank Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
Near Rechrival, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 1 2

Immediate family

Members
Elmer J. Lawver (father)
Gertrude B. (Allen) Lawver (mother)
Dorothy C. (Rimes) Lawver (wife)

More information

Sgt Vernon E. Lawver enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 17 October 1942.

He was married to Dorothy C. Rimes on 24 October 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Ohio, County Marriages, http://www.11tharmoreddivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Geauga County Public Library - Lynn Vandevort (Geauga Republican-Record, 1 February 1945) - courtesy of Kathy McDermott