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Personal info

Full name
DURNER, Harry W
Date of birth
12 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33000637
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
Savy, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 13 3

Immediate family

Members
Edward F. Durner (father)
Emma M. Durner (mother)
Margaret Durner (sister)
May Durner (sister)
Alice Durner (wife)

More information

Cpl Harry W. Durner enlisted on 21 April 1941.

He was killed as as result of a gunshot wound to the head.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com,
http://6th-armored-division-honor-roll.webnode.nl

Photo source: Erwin Derhaag