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HOLLAR, David Gordon - Date of
birth
5 September 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Galion, Crawford County, Ohio -
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35917406 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
31 March 1945 - Place of
death
Halle, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
William P. Hollar (father)
Charlene B. (Rhodes) Hollar (mother)
Rhoda Hollar (sister)
More information
Pfc David G. Hollar was a stock clerk before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 28 September 1943.He was taken prisoner on 16 December 1944 when his unit was located in the vicinity of Schönberg, Belgium.
He was killed during an Allied air raid on the city of Halle, Germany. The raid was very big and most of the city was demolished, resulting in more than 20,000 casualties. For weeks the dead were taken out of the buildings and buried in wooden boxes without any regard to nationality. Investigation after the war couldn't locate his grave.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.archives.gov, Family Tree
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks - Shaw High School 1943