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Personal info

Full name
HARRIS, Edward E
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Clay County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38507047
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Field Artillery Battalion,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 1 22

Immediate family

Members
Dortha I. (Word) Harris (wife)

More information

Cpl Edward E. Harris worked in a laundry before he enlisted in Little Rock, Arkansas on 13 May 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet