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Personal info

Full name
HARDING, William Leonard
Date of birth
9 November 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Eddyville, Mahaska County, Iowa
Hometown
Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37693448
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
North of Heisteren, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 7 52

Immediate family

Members
Clarence L. Harding (father)
Allie C. (Kerr) Harding (mother)
Edna A. Harding (sister)
LeRoy Harding (brother)
Ethel L. Harding (sister)
Dorothy R. Harding (sister)
Elnora M. (Johnston) Harding (wife)
Betty J. Harding (daughter)
Beverly J. (Murr) Harding (daughter)

More information

Pvt William L. Harding attended high school for four years and was a retail manager.

He enlisted at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 30 March 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Beverly Harding Murr (daughter), www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - various Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Beverly Harding Murr