[TVDL]

Dear Mr./ Mrs.
I'm Thijs Van der List , I'm a Dutch Boy. This year I adopt the grave of Lawrence H Larson , he's killed in World War 2.
He is burried at ABMC Henri-Chapelle , Belgium. Lawrence is born in Barron County , WI. Sow I would you ask of you have information about him ? He was a paratrooper from A Company , 508th PIR. I'm looking near his Family or Friends.


Kind Regards ,
Thijs Van der List
webmaster@iww2.com / thijs_vanderlist1@hotmail.com
Caretaker of the grave from Lawrence H Larson.
A Company , 508th PIR , 82nd Airborne Division

[Zig'sbird]

I have no information for you about him

However, it is a VERY noble thing you are doing.

Thank you.

[MICoastieMom]

Yes, I agree, very noble and kind of you to undertake this task. When my mother was a little girl here in America, there were no veterns groups to take care of the graves in the town where she grew up. Her father had fought in the Spanish-American War and the two of them would go to the cemetary on Memorial Day and on Veteran's Day in November and pull any weeds, clear away the fallen leaves and place flags by all the graves of the veteran's. I hope you are able to find some answers about your soldier, thank you for doing this.

[DCYE]

I DID FIND THIS.

U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
about Lawrence H Larson
Name: Lawrence H Larson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Protestant

Cemetery Name: Henri-Chapelle Permanent Cemetery, Belgium
Grave Number: b 5 20
Disposition: According to next of kin

Service Branch: Army
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 36268235

[DCYE]

HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE

WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings
about Lawrence H. Larson
Name: Lawrence H. Larson

Death Date: 27 Dec 1944
Cemetery: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Plot B Row 5 Grave 20
Cemetery City: Henri-Chapelle
Cemetery Country: Belgium

War: World War II
Awards: Purple Heart
Title: Corporal
Rank: Corporal
Service: U.S. Army
Service ID: 36268235
Division: 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Data Source: World War II Honor Roll

[TVDL]

Thank you DCYE. This is the standard information , I search especially for details. As the next of kin , a person wo in the city from Lawrence lived. But thank you for help , also the others. As you have information you can mail me on this adress , thijs_vanderlist1@hotmail.com

Thijs

[hcgCali]

Do you have his birth date, Thijs?

[TVDL]

No , I haven't a birth date. But I found this on ancestry :

Name:Lawrence H Larson, Birth Year:1918 Race:White, citizen Nativity State or Country:Wisconsin Barron County, WI State:Wisconsin County or City:Sheboygan Enlistment Date:21 Sep 1942Enlistment State:Wisconsin Enlistment City:Milwaukee Branch:Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code:Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade:Private Grade Code:Private Term of Enlistment:Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component:Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source:National Guard in Federal Service, after 3 months of Discharge Education:2 years of college Civil Occupation:Tracktor Driver* or Truck Driver, Heavy or Chauffeur or Truck Driver, Light An asterisk (*) appearing after a job title indicates that a trade test for the particular occupation will be found in the United States Employment Service Manual, Oral Trade Test Marital Status:Single, with dependents Height:66 Weight:171

Kind Regards ,
Thijs

[hcgCali]

1918. Thanks. I'll see what I can find.

The enlistment info you posted from Ancestry does not say Barron County..you added that part to your post. There are 2 Lawrence H. Larsons who enlisted in Wisconsin, neither says Barron County, which is why I asked for the birth date. The other one was born in 1901. If you have reason to believe your posting is the correct one, that's the one I'll search for.

[TVDL]

On ancestry I can found only this , the webmaster of the 508th PIR website tought that he lived in Barron County. Thanks for help !

Thijs