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Personal info

Full name
HARDWAY, Golden Floyd
Date of birth
20 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Webster Springs, Webster County, West Virginia
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
35752342
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Dortmund-Ems Canal, in the vicinity of Lüdinghausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 5 11

Immediate family

Members
Ray Hardway (father)
Mae H. (Vaughan) Hardway (mother)
Wanneta Hardway (sister)
Pauline Hardway (sister)

More information

Pvt Golden F. Hardway worked on a farm before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 2 April 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Draft Cards / Headstone and Interment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report CCB

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet