U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #33403904

Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania

504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division

Awards: Silver Star, Purple Heart

Lawrence F. Blazina is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:

Mrs. Molly Blazina (Mother)

114 Corey Avenue

Braddock, Pennsylvania

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***I would like to thank Rob Vogels Find A Grave ID 47864570 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Doc Wilson Find A Grave ID 47464039 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***

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Lawrence F. Blazina

HOME OF RECORD:

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Silver Star

AWARDED FOR ACTIONS

DURING World War II

Service: Army

Battalion: 1st Battalion

Division: 82d Airborne Division

GENERAL ORDERS:

Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, General Orders No. 57 (October 29, 1944)

CITATION:

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant Lawrence F. Blazina (ASN: 33403904), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, in action against the enemy in Holland, on 17 September 1944. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.