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Personal info

Full name
HARPER, Corbin Arnold
Date of birth
18 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Eliam, Elbert County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34946861
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
19 April 1945
Place of death
Harz mountains, East of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 12 13

Immediate family

Members
Robert L. Harper (father)
Elizabeth L. (Blackmon) Harper (mother)
Susie E. Harper (sister)
Bertha L. Harper (sister)
James R. Harper (brother)
Mattie L. Harper (sister)
John H. Harper (brother)
Statson Harper (brother)
Thomas Harper (brother)
Elizabeth C. Harper (sister)
Margaret E. Harper (sister)
Wallace D. Harper (brother)
Katherine E. (Buchanan) Harper (wife)
Larry Harper (son)
Charlotte Harper (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Corbin A. Harper enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 19 May 1944.
He died of wounds, received on 17 April.

Two of his brothers were also in service.

He is remembered at the Forest Hill Cemetery, Elbert County, Georgia.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - The Atlanta Journal, 13 May 1945 / Buchanan Family Tree, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, 

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LynnVaugher50, www.ancestry.com - Lynnvaugher50