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Personal info

Full name
TETER, Harmon Eugene
Date of birth
17 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Lawrence County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16001758
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Field Artillery Battalion,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 September 1944
Place of death
Rhineland, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 1 71

Immediate family

Members
Ivan Teter (father)
Helen Teter (mother)
Mildred Teter (sister)
Elnora Teter (sister)
Amber Teter (sister)
Elmer Teter (half-brother)
Clarence Teter (half-brother)
William H. O'Brien (half-brother)
Edward Shelder (half-brother)

More information

Pvt Harmon E. Teter enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 17 September 1940.

Pvt Harmon E. Teter, United States Army, is reported to have been awarded the Silver Star under the below-listed General Orders for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the 9th Infantry Division during World War II.
Gerneral Orders: Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 92 (1944).
Private Teter had been overseas for two years. His mother died about one and a half months before his death.

Source of information: Cor van den Burg, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - U.S. Social Security Death Index, www.homeofheroes.com, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/, www.newspapers.com The Daily Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet