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Personal info

Full name
HARRIS, Eugene
Date of birth
22 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Blackshear, Pierce County, Georgia
Hometown
Lake Monroe, Seminole County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34055749
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 November 1944
Place of death
Near Vossenack or Schmidt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 4 3

Immediate family

Members
Carswell C. Harris (father)
Stella (Walker) Harris (mother)
Elsie L. Harris (sister
Preston A. Harris (brother)
Maydell Harris (sister)
Frank C. Harris (brother)
Isabell Harris (sister)
Cordelle Harris (sister)

More information

Pfc Eugene Harris enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 9 August 1941.

His brother Frank is buried at Margraten American Cemetery.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1920/1930/1940 Census, www.fatherswar.com/8thinfdiv/WW2/ww2_28thinf/WW2_28history/28history4.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Debra Jean Dixon - courtesy of Frances Shelton