Rank and Name, Hospital Apprentice Second Class Laurants Stephan Gengler.
Unit/Placed in, USS Charles Carroll (APA-28) Attack Transport, United States Navy.
Laurants is born approx. on 19 Dec. 1925 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Father, Michael Thomas Gengler.
Mother, Katherine Mary (Krenwinkel) Gengler.
Brother(s), Carl Conrade, Elmer D. Frederick Michael, Herbert Stephan, Edward John, Walter J. and Raymond Gengler.
Wife, Eva Mildred(Bundy) Gengler
Laurants enlisted the service in Wisconsin with service number # 3065071.
Laurants survived the war, he is honored with a Insignia Medical Corps, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Laurants is buried/mentioned at Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03028.htm
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KJZD-5RR
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
