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Personal info

Full name
HARTER, Sylvester E
Date of birth
3 November 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Wabeno, Forest County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Wabeno, Forest County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36960106
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 October 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
unknown

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. Harter (father)
Katherine A. (Wettstein) Harter (mother)
Herschel J. Harter (brother)
Leslie J. Harter (brother)
Ambrose F. Harter (brother)
Joseph L. Harter (brother)
Marian K. Harter (sister)
Raymond E. Harter (brother)
Harold A. Harter (brother)
Helen A. Harter (sister)
Patricia Harter (sister)

More information

Pvt Sylvester V. Harter enlisted on 29 April 1942 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Halfmann, Noffke, NJ Noffke, JD Snyder, Oakley Family: Oakley Merrill Wettstein Family Trees, 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet