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Personal info

Full name
HART, Eddie
Date of birth
4 March 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Greene County, North Carolina
Hometown
LaGrange, Lenoir County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34869457
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division,
1st Platoon - 2nd Squad
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
Barby, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 2 2

Immediate family

Members
Isaac T. Hart (father)
Effie (Cunningham) Hart (mother)
Willie Hart (brother
Logan Hart (brother)
Louise E. Hart (sister)
Isaac Hart (brother)
Hattie Hart (sister)
Kenan Hart (brother)
Thomas S. Hart (brother)

More information

Pfc Eddie Hart enlisted in 1944.

Photos show Pfc Hart with his sister Hattie before he was sent to Europe in 1944 and Hattie in 2002 with the adopter of the grave. A film was made about the adoption of his grave. It is called "Thank you Eddie Hart".

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Hart Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Sirider, www.wwiimemorial.com, Debbie Holloman (niece)