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Personal info

Full name
HARVEY, Edward F
Date of birth
30 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Rhinelander, Oneida County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Oneida County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36230994
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 4 61

Immediate family

Members
William V. Harvey (father)
Katherine Harvey (mother)
Mary A. Harvey (sister)
Mary P. Harvey (sister)
Catherine Harvey (sister)
William Harvey (brother)
Owen Harvey (brother)
Douglas Harvey (brother)
Thomas Harvey (brother)
Peter Harvey (brother)

More information

Edward F. Harvey was employed in a dry cleaning shop and was a taxi driver.

He enlisted in January 1942 and was sent overseas in November 1942.

He participated in the North African invasion and Sicilian campaigns and took part in operations in Normandy shortly after D-Day.

S/Sgt Edward F. Harvey was awarded the Silver Star Medal twice, one time for his actions on July 1944.

He was reported wounded in action in August 1944 for which he was hospitalized in England.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Rhinelander Daily News

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Rhinelander Daily News