PFC Prudencio Alfredo Lavin

PFC Prudencio Alfredo Lavin was born 5 Aug 1922 in Barre, Vermont the fourth of six children of Serafino and Emilia (Ruiz) Lavin.  His parents were natives of Cantabria, Spain.  His father worked as a granite cutter.

Prudencio was working in retail when he was drafted in December 1942.  After basic training he was sent to England and assigned to D Company 116th Infantry.  He trained with the unit for the amphibious assault on Hitler's "fortress Europe".  PFC Lavin participated in that landing and was killed in action on 6 Jun 1944.

PFC Lavin was repatriated in 1947 and re-interred in Hope Cemetery in Barre, Vermont.