Lawrence Thomas Duffy1

M, #27803, b. Aug 9, 1922, d. May 26, 1945
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of Malcolm Kenyon McKown Jr.
Pedigree
Father*Patrick John Duffy1 b. Aug 27, 1890, d. Jul 21, 1964
Mother*Flora Anna Rose Lafley1 b. Aug 4, 1891, d. Aug 6, 1956

Chronological Events

Birth*Aug 9, 1922 Lawrence Thomas Duffy was born on Aug 9, 1922 at Enosburg, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.1 
 He was the son of Patrick John Duffy and Flora Anna Rose Lafley.1 
Death*May 26, 1945 Lawrence Thomas Duffy died on May 26, 1945, at age 22 at Tokyo, Japan.2 
ObituaryMay 29, 1945  OBITUARY: S/SGT Lawrence T. Duffy served on a B-29 Superfortress during World War II. On April 13, 1945, his plane was shot down over Tokyo. Duffy survived and was taken prisoner, but subsequently died in a Japanese prison fire when the guards refused to release the POWs from their burning cells.

More information at the 330th Bomb Group's website here: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ny330bg/crews458.htm#K43

His body was not recovered. Lawrence Duffy's name is inscribed at the Courts of the Missing in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart.

Inscription:
S/Sgt Lawrence T. Duffy, 458th Bombardment Squadron. Killed in Tokyo.
Note  : Enlisted 18 August 1942 (Army): Purple Heart; MIA

Information found on Find-A-Grave.com.3

 


 
 
Burial*May 30, 1945 He was buried on May 30, 1945 at Saint John the Baptist Cemetery (New), Enosburg Falls, Franklin County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 49944499.4 

Military *

 

Listed as a Military Veteran who served in wartime combat in World War 2.

 

Citations

  1. [S1094] Vermont - Birth Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  2. [S79] Gravestones - Death Cert, Obits, Books, Photos.
  3. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  4. [S80] Gravestones - Death Cert Proof, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.

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