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Personal info

Full name
SMEENGE, Harold
Date of birth
22 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan
Hometown
Ottawa County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36893558
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 October 1944
Place of death
Near Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 4 19

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Smeenge (father)
Tracy Smeenge (mother)
Arthur Smeenge (brother)
Eleanor R. Smeenge (sister)
Roger L. Smeenge (brother)

More information

Pvt Harold Smeenge is remembered at the Pilgrim Home Cemetery Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan.

He attended Holland High School before he was employed by Hart and Cooley Co. He was inducted 30 December 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, Herrick District Library Holland Michigan Library - Michigan Obituaries

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Leigh Ann, Herrick District Library Holland Michigan Library - Michigan Obituaries