Title
Private First Class Rufus Cristo Lagrone
Subject
World War II
United States. Army
Description
According to the book Blocton: A History of an Alabama Coal Mining Town by Carl Adams, Pfc. Rufus Cristo Lagrone became the last of the West Blocton men killed in Europe when he was killed on March 6, 1945.
According to this site: Ancestry.com. Alabama, WWII Military Dead and Wounded, 1944-1946, Pfc. Lagrone was the son of Mrs. Nancy Lagrone of West Blocton.
A photo of Pfc. Lagrone's grave can be found at this site:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56062145/rufus-c-lagrone.
According to this site: Ancestry.com. Alabama, WWII Military Dead and Wounded, 1944-1946, Pfc. Lagrone was the son of Mrs. Nancy Lagrone of West Blocton.
A photo of Pfc. Lagrone's grave can be found at this site:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56062145/rufus-c-lagrone.
Source
Find A Grave
Date
March 6, 1945
Contributor
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Type
Book
Hyperlink
Identifier
2178
Coverage
Bibb County (AL)