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Personal info

Full name
MEDDLEY, Harold Junior
Date of birth
19 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Shawmut, Pike County, Arkansas
Hometown
Clark County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38731145
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
Hartz Mountains, East of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 9 23

Immediate family

Members
William H. Meddley (father)
Dora O. (Pierce) Meddley (mother)
Vera Meddley (sister)
Elaine Meddley (sister)
Helen Meddley (sister)
Wayne Meddley (brother)
Welton Meddley (brother)

More information

Harold Meddley worked on a farm.

He enlisted at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Little Rock, Arkansas on 2 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Ronnie Smith, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Schlaupitz Family Tree, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar

Photo source: Siem Voogt, www.findagrave.com - Wayne, Ronnie Smith