Brashear, Lawrence Clark

UNKNOWN - 1944

• Name	Brashear, Lawrence Clark
  Birth	UNKNOWN  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BRAS.L005
  _FGRAVE	56279683
  Military Service	World War II, Corporal, 586th Bomb Squadron, 394th Bomb Group, Medium, United States Army Air Forces  [1, 2, 3]
  	Veteran's branch and dates of service unknown. Honored at the WWII memorial in Flora, Illinois. This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission. SOURCE: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1901365
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Brashear, Lawrence Clark (?-1944)
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army Air Forces
  		United States Army Air Forces
  		Corporal, United States Army and United States Army Air Forces (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  Death	18 Dec 1944	Epinoy, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France   [1, 4]
  	Cause: Died, non-battle causes
  Burial	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium   [1]
  	Plot E Row 14 Grave 57
  		Burial Flag, United States Military Veterans
  		Headstone, Brashear, Lawrence C.
  		Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
  		Brochure, Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
  		Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
  		Headstone, Brashear, Lawrence C.
  Person ID	I42964	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	28 May 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  NOTE: There is a Corporal Lawrence C. Brashear, killed in France on December 18, 1944, who is buried at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Hombourg, Henri-Chapelle, Liege, Belgium. Findagrave #56279683 Could this be him?

  
  

• Sources

  [S13278] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Brashear, Lawrence C., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56279683/lawrence-clark-brashear), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15404] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #4, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S14703] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, Lawrence Clark Brashear, (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1901365) (Reliability: 2). [S14704] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, Lawrence Clark Brashear, (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque_wardept.aspx?honoreeID=1238288) (Reliability: 2).