Birth: Feb. 19, 1921
Royalton
Morrison County
Minnesota, USA Death: Jan. 21, 1944
Thomas served as a Staff Sergeant & Tail Gunner on B-24J #42-72982, 38th Bomber Squadron, 30th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Morrison County, Minnesota prior to the war.

Thomas was "Killed In Action" when his his B-24 crashed in the South Pacific area during the war. Thomas was a tail gunner. His remains were returned to the US and re-interred in the Holy Trinity Cemetery on March 5, 1948.

He was awarded the "Distinguished Flying Cross", Air Medal, and the Purple Heart.

Service # 37308941

**Airmen who perished on B-24J #42-72982:** [**Bailey, John S**](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56114480) ~ T/Sgt, DC [**Busch, Jack R**](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92105284) ~ S/Sgt, NY [**Horney, Edward A**](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66588510) ~ S/Sgt, PA **LaSota, Thomas E** ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, MN [**Rogers, Vincent J, Jr**](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56120827) ~ S/Sgt, NY [**Underwood, Donald E**](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56134101) ~ 2nd Lt, MI [**Van Fleet, George, Jr**](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=161411462) ~ Capt, CA ( Crew Report by: [Russell S. "Russ" Pickett](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&GRid=56062887&MRid=46575736) )

Family links:
Parents:
John LaSota (1870 - 1946)
Martha Kroll LaSota (1879 - 1970)

Siblings:
  Lawrence Peter LaSota (1898 - 1978)*
  Roman LaSota (1900 - 1974)*
  Rosalyn LaSota (1902 - 1902)*
  Agnes LaSota (1903 - 1918)*
  Cecilia LaSota (1906 - 1908)*
  Joseph Benedict Lasota (1909 - 1972)*
  August J. LaSota (1911 - 1979)*
  John Phillip LaSota (1913 - 1990)*
  Clarence B. Lasota (1916 - 2002)*
  Loretta Victoria LaSota Bredenberg (1918 - 2000)*
  Thomas E LaSota (1921 - 1944)
  Irene Ramona Lasota (1929 - 2002)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription:
SSGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II Burial:
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Royalton
Morrison County
Minnesota, USA
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