LaPrade, James Louis, LTC

Fallen

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant Colonel

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
1542-Infantry Unit Commander

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1942-1944, 1542, HHC, 1st Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)

Service Years
1935 - 1944

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Texas

Year of Birth
1914

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Casualty Info

Home Town Kenedy	Last Address San Antonio, Texas

Casualty Date Dec 19, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location Belgium	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment U.S. Military Academy West Point Post Cemetery (VLM) - West Point, New York	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section VII, Site 126

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1944, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
	1944, West Point Association of Graduates
	2004, World War II Fallen
	2010, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Photo Album (More...)

WWII Honoree	USMA	Headstone	Interment Record
Reburial Notice	Service Photo

1942-1944, 1542, HHC, 1st Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)

From Month/Year - / 1942	To Month/Year December / 1944
Unit HHC Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Colonel	MOS 1542-Infantry Unit Commander
Base, Fort or City Not Specified	State/Country France

Patch	HHC, 1st Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) Details

	Type Airborne Infantry
	Parent Unit 1st Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)	Strength Company
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Feb 28, 2020

Yearbook

My Photos For This Unit

10 Members Also There at Same Time

HHC

Turner, William LeRoy, LTC, (1939-1944)	IN	1542	Lieutenant Colonel
Foley, Jack, CPT, (1943-1946)	IN	1542	Captain
Patch, Lloyd E., LTC	IN	1542	Captain
Beatty, Kenneth Allen, 1LT, (1941-1944)	IN	1542	First Lieutenant
Beatty, Kenneth Allen, 1LT, (1941-1944)	IN	1542	First Lieutenant
Albright, Barry Edward, MAJ, (1941-1950)	AD	1176	Second Lieutenant
Anthony, Milton Gay, PFC, (1942-1944)	IN	745	Private First Class
Anthony, Milton Gay, PFC, (1942-1944)	IN	745	Private First Class
Sink, Robert Frederick, LTG, (1927-1961)			Colonel

1st Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)

Dodson, Gerald, CSM, (1942-1970)	IM	566	Sergeant
Adams, Charles Harding, S/SGT, (1941-1944)			Staff Sergeant

D Company

Corrington, Floyd, SGT, (1942-1944)

Sergeant