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Personal info

Full name
LABER, Guy Raymond
Date of birth
12 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Sykeston, Wells County, North Dakota
Hometown
Kitsap County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39474098
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Katzenkopf forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 7 24

Immediate family

Members
Matthew J. Laber (father)
Henrietta (Bijold) Laber (mother)
Bertrand F. Laber (brother)
Richard W. Laber (brother)
Lola L. Laber (sister)

More information

Pfc Guy R. Laber attended Bremerton High School and was employed as an electrician at the Puget Sound Navy Yard.

He enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington on 19 April 1944 and was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://76thdivision.com/304/history_304th_004.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Bevil Cohn / Hudson Louie