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Personal info

Full name
LAWSON, Harold J
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
36895562
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 12 27

Immediate family

Members
Mary Gray (mother)

More information

Pfc Lawson attended Northwestern High School and was employed by Fred Anderson Funeral Home.

He enlisted in January 1943 and was sent overseas in Septembe, 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://genforum.genealogy.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - Detroit Free Press

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Detroit Free Press