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Personal info

Full name
LATON, Claude Franklin
Date of birth
22 March 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
North Carolina
Hometown
Aberdeen, Moore County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34899480
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 16

Immediate family

Members
Archie Laton (father)
Mary E. (Harward) Laton (mother)
Fannie K. Laton (sister)
Martha A. Laton (sister)
Ruth B. Laton (sister)
James L. Laton (brother)
William A. Laton (brother)
Millard F. Laton (brother)
Allen P. Laton (brother)
Wilbur P. Laton (brother)
Calvin B. Laton (brother)
Cora L. (Pickler) Laton (wife)
John E. Laton (son)

More information

Pvt Claude F. Laton worked on a farm before he enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 26 January 1944.

He was reported missing in action on 5 October when his company was fighting in Sivry, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Laton Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
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