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Military rank: Serial No. 1241559. Private First Class. Company K, 110th Infantry, 28th Division.
Lawrence grew up on the family farm in Jackson Township and worked for the Sheridan Oil and gas Company in Bristoria, near his home, before enlisting in the military.[viii] He was one of ten children, six boys and four girls. Candid photographs of Lawrence with his brothers give a glimpse of him in early life.
Brave Greene County Soldier Who Fell at Chateau-Thierry Said He Wanted to Fight to the Finish.
After bravely refusing to take his discharge from the One Hundred and Tenth Regiment, Regimental Mail Carrier Lawrence L. Staggers of Bristoria, Greene County, was killed at Hill 220 [sic 212] on July 29, according to information given out by C. R. Johnson of the same town and regiment, who, with three machine gun bullet wounds in his leg and suffering from the effects of Hun mustard gas, was a guest in the Fort Pitt hotel, Friday, says the Pittsburgh Gazette Times. He has just returned from the front.
Young Staggers had undergone an operation for appendicitis. He was told by his superior officer that he would be discharged and could go home. The youth begged to be permitted to stay, saying that he wanted to fight to the finish, Private Johnson said. The boy's plea was granted and in a gallant charge during the seven day's heavy fighting a machine gun bullet struck him in the lungs and another in the stomach.
[i] Amanda McVay Staggers obituary, Waynesburg Republican, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, 19 February 1931.
James B. Staggers obituary, Democrat Messenger, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, 12 November 1940.
"WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60884 : accessed 9 October 2017), James E. Staggers, father of Lawrence L. Staggers - application no. 134075; citing World War I Veterans Service and Compensation File, 1934–1948 (RG 19, Series 19.91), Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
[ii] "WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948," digital images, Ancestry.com, James E. Staggers, father of Lawrence L. Staggers - application no. 134075.
[iii] "United States, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482 : accessed 17 November 2017), Lawrence L. Staggers draft card, serial no. 8, Local Draft Board, Jackson Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania; citing National Archives microfilm publication M1509, FHL roll 1892940. Lawrence listed his birthplace, present address, and workplace as Bristoria, PA. He also registered in Jackson Township.
"WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948," digital images, Ancestry.com, James E. Staggers, father of Lawrence L. Staggers - application no. 134075. James listed Lawrence’s last address as Harveys, Pa. He listed his own current address as Holbrook, Pa. Both of these are in Center Township, which indicates the Staggers family handled mail in that direction as opposed to Jackson Township, where they physically resided.
[iv] "PA National Guard Veterans' Card File, 1867-1921," digital images, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), Pennsylvania State Archives Records Information Access System (www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp: viewed 12 November 2017), Lawrence L. Staggers, Private, Co K, 10th Inf., P. N. G.; citing Pennsylvania State Archives, series #19.135.
[v] "WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948," digital images, Ancestry.com, James E. Staggers, father of Lawrence L. Staggers - application no. 134075.
Staggers Cemetery (Jackson Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania), Lawrence L. Staggers tombstone; personally read by Candice Buchanan, 17 August 2002.
[vii] "WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948," digital images, Ancestry.com, James E. Staggers, father of Lawrence L. Staggers - application no. 134075.
[viii] "United States, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com, Lawrence L. Staggers draft card, serial no. 8, Local Draft Board, Jackson Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
[ix] "Lawrence L. Staggers Had Refused to Be Discharged", Waynesburg Republican, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, 2 January 1919, page 1, column 1.
[xi] "WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948," digital images, Ancestry.com, James E. Staggers, father of Lawrence L. Staggers - application no. 134075.

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