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Personal info

Full name
HOLMES, Harold Franklin
Date of birth
28 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Greene County, Illinois
Hometown
Greene County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36047704
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 15 26

Immediate family

Members
Dave Holmes (father)
Margaret Holmes (mother)
Olan Holmes (brother)
Melvin Holmes (brother)
Kenneth Holmes (brother)

More information

T/4 Harold F. Holmes enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 29 August 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet