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Personal info

Full name
BOOTH, Harry Berkley
Date of birth
30 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia
Hometown
Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
07024154
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
0.8 mile north of Blumenkamp, Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 15 1

Immediate family

Members
Ella S. Storck (aunt)
Arthur G. Booth (brother)
Richard Booth (brother)
Warren Storck (stepbrother)

More information

T/4 Harry B. Booth joined the Regular Army in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 26 March 1940 and served for three years at Pearl Harbor.

His brother Arthur served with the U.S. Navy.

Source of information: www.ancestry.com - 1920-1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records / Veteran Compensation Application File / Birth Index, www.nara.gov, 17th Airborne Division Historical Report of Operation Varsity, Book: The Last Drop, Operation Varsity March 24-25, 1945 by Stephen L. Wright

Photo source: Tom Verheijden, American Legion Post 242 Quakertown, Pennsylvania