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Personal info

Full name
GREATHOUSE, Harold Arthur
Date of birth
7 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Marietta, Washington County, Ohio
Hometown
Liberty, Trumbull County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35088105
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Malsfeld-Spangenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 14 16

Immediate family

Members
William V. Greathouse (father)
Lucy V. (McCallum) Greathouse (mother)
Martha M. Greathouse (sister)
May Greathouse (sister)
Perry M. Greathouse (brother)
Elmer F. Greathouse (brother)
Ida M. Greathouse (sister)
Dewey Greathouse (brother)
Irene Greathouse (sister)
Hazel P. Greathouse (sister)
Katherine B. Greathouse (sister)
Grace A. (Pauly) Greathouse (wife)
Shirley A. Greathouse (daughter)

More information

Pfc Harold A. Greathouse enlisted in Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 27 May 1944.
Killed in Patton's Division. He was blown up while saving his buddies.
He was a stock clerk before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Grace A. Greathouse Van Lynn, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / various family trees, www.super6th.org - After Action Report CCB

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.wwiimemorial.com - Grace A. Greathouse Van Lynn