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Personal info

Full name
FERRANTE, Lawrence
Date of birth
2 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Sannicandro di Bari, Italy
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36951435
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Northeast of Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 103

Immediate family

Members
Alessandro Ferrante (father)
Brigida (Desimini) Ferrante (mother)
Maria Ferrante (sister)
Vito Ferrante (brother)
Giovanni Ferrante (brother)
Vito Ferrante (brother)
Maria Ferrante (sister)
Vito Ferrante (brother)
Mary (De Cample) Ferrante (wife)

More information

Pvt Lawrence Ferrante was employed at the Ford Motor Car Company before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Three of his brothers were named Vito and all died when they were still children.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Michigan Marriage Records / Puerto Rico Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - SueMac
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