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Personal info

Full name
PELFREY, Harry Taylor
Date of birth
1 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Marion County, Indiana
Hometown
Nineveh, Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35366662
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 1 11

Immediate family

Members
Zack Pelfrey (father)
Mathilda (Benton) Pelfrey (mother)
K. Pelfrey (sister)
A.F. Pelfrey (brother)
Mary R. (Campbell) Pelfrey (wife)
Ronald Pelfrey (son)

More information

T/4 Harry T. Pelfrey entered the service in Indianapolis, Indiana on 2 September 1942.

A graduate of Helmsburg High School, he attended Central Normal College and Indiana University extension school, and was employed at the Schwitzer-Cummins Company in Indianapolis before his induction. He was an active member of Mars Hill Free Methodist Church and helped organize Scout troop No. 114 in Mars Hill. T/4 Pelfrey received his training at Camp Lee, Va. He was stationed in Iceland for 17 months before being sent to Europe on July 31, 1944.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Erwin Derhaag, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Franklin Evening Star / The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana) / Brown County Democrat (Nashville, Indiana)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star