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Personal info

Full name
HEBERT, Lawrence Roger
Date of birth
12 December 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
St. Johns, Quebec, Canada
Hometown
Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31128895
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Battery,
377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 15 14

Immediate family

Members
Wilfred Hebert (father)
Bernadette L. Hebert (mother)
Paul E. Hebert (brother)
Armand Hebert (brother)
Lillian Hebert (sister)
Helen Hebert (sister)
Rita Hebert (sister)
Juliette Hebert (sister)
Ruth E. (Hawley) Hebert (wife)

More information

Pfc. Lawrence R. Hebert enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 24 August 1942.

He was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: Erwin Derhaag, Carla Mans, The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) 27 October 1944, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) 27 October 1944, The Berkshire County Eagle 6 January 1943