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FOREMAN, Harry Wolfenberger Jr - Date of
birth
22 November 1924 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Washington County, Maryland -
Hometown
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33562898 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
117th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
1 March 1946 - Place of
death
Drzewica, Poland
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Harry W. Foreman (father)
Mary W. (Shiffert) Foreman (mother)
Elizabeth C. Foreman (twin sister)
Mary J. Foreman (sister)
John F. Foreman (brother)
Winona A. Foreman (sister)
More information
Sgt Harry W. Foreman Jr. was employed at Hotel Alexander at the time he entered the service. He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 9 March 1943.He was taken prisoner in St. Lo, France on 9 August 1944.
Information reveals that the German guards forced the American and Russian Prisoners of War to leave Stalag III-C near the village of Drzewica, Poland on 31 January 1945. They had marched only a short distance when they were caught between Russian and German cross fire and were killed by gunfire from Russian tanks.
He was officially declared dead one day and one year after the assumed date of his death.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.oldhickory30th.com, http://www.7tharmddiv.org - IDPF Aloysious Mc Lean
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Morning Herald - 09 March 1946