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Harris hove enlisted on 8 July 1943 and was sent overseas in April 1944/

His parents had received a letter from Pfc Hove which he had written on 13 March 1945, just a week before his death, in which he stated that he was alright. In this letter, he told of his coin collection of 65 pieces which he had collected while overseas. This collection which he stated he was sending home contains from France, England, Poland, Russia, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway and Czechoslovakia.

In another letter, written on 6 March 1945, he let his parents know that his religious training had not been forgotten nor neglected, as he had taken communion that day.


Besides his parents, he is survived by five brothers and two sisters. Three of his brothers are in the service and all overseas. They are Sgt. Thomas Hove of Campbell, Minn., who was a top gunner, but after he had completed the sufficient number of missions, he was put with the ground crew of the 8th Air Force in England; Corp. Horace Hove of Sioux Falls, who is with an armored tank division in Germany; and Sgt. Harlan Hove, his twin brother, connected with radio work in Germany; James and Betty Hove of Sioux City and Junior and Dorothy at home.

Mr. and Mrs. Conrad J. Hove received a letter, dated 29 March 1945, written by John Williamson, the commanding officer of Company A of the 16th Infantry. The letter follows: "Harris was killed in action on March 20, 1945, in the vicinity of Bernerscheid, Germany. He was buried with appropriate funeral services conducted by a Protestant chaplain. At the time of his death he was an ammunition handler for a 60mm mortar team, whose mission was to hold a town just taken from the enemy. An enemy artillery barrage was concentrated on the area and Harris was killed instantly by a fragment from a shell which exploded nearby.