Timeline
Birth - 31 Jul 1920
Elmwood, Michigan
1939 - 1945 World War II
Conflict Period
World War II
Rank
2 LT
Branch
Army, Army Air Forces
Service Number
N-731363
Served For
United States of America
Gold Star
Company
820th Medical Air Evacuation Squadron
Casualty
FOD
Award
Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, Nurse Corps Badge, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Army Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Stationed
Carlsbad, New Mexico; Bowman Field, Kentucky; Pacific Theater
Missing in Action (MIA) - 25 Jan 1945 - Age: 25 years
26 Jan 1946
Death - 26 Jan 1946 - Age: 26 years
Declared Dead 1 year after MIA- plane lost over the sea
Presumably in the ocean between Peleliu Island and Tacloban, Philippines
Burial
Remembered at Fort William McKinley at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Manila, Philippines
Other Facts
Full Name
Thelma M La Fave
Residence: Place
Michigan
Gender
Female
Place of Residence
Pontiac, Michigan
Race or Ethnicity
Caucasian
Father
Herbert Edward LaFave
Full Name
Thelma Myrtle LaFave
Mother
Myrtle Alice Rocheleau LaFave
Sibling
13 Siblings- Thelma's oldest siblings: Murl Edward LaFave, 1908, Robert W. LaFave, 1913, John LaFave, 1914, Melva Alice LaFave Bidigare, 1915, Frank LaFave, 1918, and John “Jack” Vern LaFave, 1919.
Sibling
Thelma's younger siblings: Elizabeth A. LaFave Bryant, 1922, Patrick Herbert LaFave, 1923, Catherine Mildred LaFave Rick, 1924, Virginia Magdelyn LaFave Sirbaugh, 1925, Paul Joseph LaFave, 1926, Ruth Marie LaFave, 1929 and Ted Joseph LaFave, 1933.
