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Personal info

Full name
HOLCOMB, Milo Harry
Date of birth
26 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Forest City, Winnebago County, Iowa
Hometown
Winnebago County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37698711
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 5 7

Immediate family

Members
Frank B. Holcomb (father)
Hazel Holcomb (mother)
Kenneth Holcomb (brother)
Geneva Holcomb (sister)
Fem Holcomb (sister)
Ila J. Holcomb (sister)
Gertrude (Hinders) Holcomb (wife)
Bonna R. Holcomb (daughter)

More information

Pfc Milo H. Holcomb was a driver before he enlisted in Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 19 June 1944 and was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, http://iagenweb.org - Leibrand-Whites Collection, newspaper clipping

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://iagenweb.org - Leibrand-Whites Collection, newspaper clipping