Born in Hermosa Beach, California, November 4, 1923
Graduated from the Huntington Park High School California, June 1941
Enrolled in the University of California, Davis, August 1942 Two-Year Curriculum in Agriculture
Member Beta Phi (Kappa Sigma) Fraternity
Completed one year in residence and withdrew to enlist

Military Service

MILITARY HISTORY
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Military Training

Enlisted in the Enlisted Reserve Corps, as Private, 14 December 1942; entered on active duty 29 Mar 1943.
Mar to Apr 1943; Hq, Reception Center, Service Command Unit, Ft. MacArthur, California,
Apr to Aug 1943; Battery C, 57th Antiaircraft Artillery Training Battalion, Camp Callen, Calif.
Sep to Nov 1943; Antiaircraft Artillery School, Camp Davis, North Carolina.
Promoted to Private First Class, AUS, 4 September 1943.

Active Service Assignments

Nov 1943 to May 1944; Battery C, AAA AWBn, Camp Hulen, Texas.
May to July 1944; Company D, 174th Infantry, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas,
July 1944; Army Ground Forces Replacement Depot No, 1, Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Aug to Sep 1944; 48th Replacement Battalion, APO 390, European Theater of Operations.
Oct to Nov 1944; Company F, 109th Infantry, APO 28, ETO,
In Service 1 year, 10 months and 26 days,

Private First Class Laury was killed in action, 9 November 1944, Battle of Hurtgen Forest, West Germany,

Decorations and Awards

BRONZE STAR MEDAL.
PURPLE HEART (Posthumous).
GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL,
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL with one Bronze Service Star for the Rhineland campaign.
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL,
COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE.
SHARPSHOOTER BADGE with Rifle Bar.

Interment

United States Military Cemetery, Chapelle, Belgium.