US PARAS Durkee, Lawrence Lavelle

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Durkee ​

• FORENAME

Lawrence Lavelle​

• UNIT

501 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company,2 Bn) ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

12208083 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

5th October 1944 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Plot G Row 1 Grave 8 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Hornell, Steuben County, New York​

born 16.03.1923, Hornell, New York, USA​

father Leonard Livingston Durkee (1882-1923)​

mother Anna Marie (nee Eckert) Durkee (1884-1965)​

brother Richard Wells (1918-2004) also Paratrooper WIA Italy (awarded Silver Star?)​

entered service 20.11.1942 Rochester, New York​

KIA Holland ​

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