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Personal info

Full name
DEGER, Harry Gotfreed Jr
Date of birth
12 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33949868
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Uckerath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 5 33

Immediate family

Members
Harry G. Deger (father)
Helen S. Deger (mother)
Margaret S. Deger (sister)
Kathryn M. Deger (sister)
Frank Deger (brother)
Mary J. Deger (wife)

More information

Pvt Harry G. Deger Jr. enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 20 June 1944. He attended high school for 2 years and was a chauffeur before he enlisted. Harry attended Phoenixville Schools, but left high school to work in his father’s milk delivery business.

Pvt Harry G. Deger Jr. first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium Block J-4, Row 6, Grave 120.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Applications WWII / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet