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Personal info

Full name
LARUE, Raymond
Date of birth
29 November 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Hometown
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39578631
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Oberroedern, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 13 54

Immediate family

Members
William F. LaRue (father)
Edith G. (Chase) LaRue (mother)
Frank LaRue (brother)
Robert LaRue (brother)
Roscoe LaRue (brother)
Ralph C. LaRue (brother)
Warren LaRue (brother)
Kathryn E. (Murray) LaRue (wife)
Ardath V. LaRue (daughter)
Raymond LaRue Jr. (son)

More information

Pfc Raymond LaRue attended Tempe Union High School for one year and was employed at the Aluminium Company of America before he enlisted at Fort MacArthur, California on 14 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ammons Family Tree / 1930 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com - Arizona Republic, 28 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Brat