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Personal info

Full name
HARINGA, Edward Harold
Date of birth
12 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Whitinsville, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31471956
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
289th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 April 1945
Place of death
Lutgen-Dortmund, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 2 5

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Haringa (father)
Bessie Haringa (mother)
Theresa Haringa (sister)
Martin Haringa (brother)
Joseph Haringa (brother)
Harold Haringa (brother)
Harriet L. (Youngsma) Haringa (wife)
Paul E. Haringa (son)
Jack G. Haringa (son)

More information

Pfc Edward H. Haringa enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 28 June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Harold Plantinga, Richard H. Harms, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://75thdivisiondad.com/kia_roster.htm#1, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census / Williamson Family Tree / WWII Enlistment Record, Gold Star Record World War Two of Christian Reformed Young Men - Pfc Edward H. Haringa

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Gold Star Record World War Two of Christian Reformed Young Men - Pfc Edward H. Haringa, Harold Plantinga