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Personal info

Full name
SYKES, Harry E
Date of birth
7 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Munhall, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O1309113
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Schöntal, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 8 7

Immediate family

Members
Harry E. Sykes (father)
Elizabeth G. (Watson) Sykes (mother)
Alma Sykes (sister)
James S. Sykes (brother)
Benjamin F. Sykes (brother)
Dora (Reagan) Sykes (wife)
Barbara Sykes (daughter)

More information

1st Lt Harry E. Sykes landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day.

He was a machinist before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle Block X, Row 8, Grave 143.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Munhall High School 1935