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VALNEY, Harold G - Date of
birth
28 December 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Bricknell, Knox County, Indiana -
Hometown
Winslow, Pike County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
7041554 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
D Company,
771st Tank Battalion
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
27 March 1945 - Place of
death
East of Wesel, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| K | 11 | 7 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Thomas E. Valney (father)
Laufa (Gray) Valney (mother)
More information
Harold G. Valney attended college and was a motion picture projectionist.He joined the Regular Army on 25 June 1940.
T/5 Valney was killed by small arms fire.
He is remembered at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Winslow, Indiana.
Source of Information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com - Mr Kenneth V. Hunley, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, After Action Report
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, American Legion Post, Winslow, Indiana - courtesy of Pike County (Indiana) Historical Society and Kathy McDermott