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Personal info

Full name
COMSTOCK, Harold Lee
Date of birth
27 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Indiana
Hometown
Osceola, St. Joseph County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
15059017
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Schevenhütte, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 13 37

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Comstock (father)
Daisy M. (Noel) Comstock (mother)
Elaine M. Comstock (sister)
Nellie Comstock (sister)
Wilma J. (Smith) Comstock (wife)

More information

Pfc Harold L. Comstock attended high school for one year and was a farmer.

He joined the Regular Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 20 September 1940.

Pfc Comstock was killed by a gunshot to the head.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 20 November 1944. After being disinterred and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 6 July 1948.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Enlistment, www.history.army.mil, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News, They Speak: voices of Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery