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Line 24: − Born in [[New Orleans]] to Harry Adolph Lazarus, Sr. (1896-1972), and the former Edna M. Wodiker (1899-1988),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210226543/allan-matthew-lazarus|title=Allan Matthew "Laz" Lazarus|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref> His grandfather, Solomon Lazarus (1851-1926), is interred at Judah Cemetery in New Orleans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134052879/solomon-lazarus|title=Solomon Lazarus|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref>+
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==Background==
==Background==
He was born in [[New Orleans]] to Harry Adolph Lazarus, Sr. (1896-1972), and the former Edna M. Wodiker (1899-1988).<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210226543/allan-matthew-lazarus|title=Allan Matthew "Laz" Lazarus|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref> His grandfather, Solomon Lazarus (1851-1926), is interred at Judah Cemetery in New Orleans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134052879/solomon-lazarus|title=Solomon Lazarus|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref>
Lazarus moved to Shreveport in 1934 with his parents and brother, Harry Lazarus, Jr. (1920-2016), who became a decorated [[United States Army]] [[lieutenant colonel]] and a Shreveport [[real estate]] broker. Lazarus graduated from the former Fair Park High School in 1944 and from the private Centenary College of Louisiana in 1951, both institutions located in Shreveport. From 1946 to 1947, he served in the Army Air Corps, forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=allan-matthew-lazarus&pid=196214873|title=Allan Lazarus Obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=May 19, 2020|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref>
Lazarus moved to Shreveport in 1934 with his parents and brother, Harry Lazarus, Jr. (1920-2016), who became a decorated [[United States Army]] [[lieutenant colonel]] and a Shreveport [[real estate]] broker. Lazarus graduated from the former Fair Park High School in 1944 and from the private Centenary College of Louisiana in 1951, both institutions located in Shreveport. From 1946 to 1947, he served in the Army Air Corps, forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=allan-matthew-lazarus&pid=196214873|title=Allan Lazarus Obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=May 19, 2020|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref>