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Personal info

Full name
KIEFER, Harold Eugene
Date of birth
6 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Brazil, Clay County, Indiana
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36310469
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
701st Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Boslar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 15 16

Immediate family

Members
John J. Kiefer (father)
Amanda (Pennington) Kiefer (mother)
David W. Kiefer (brother)
Frank M. Kiefer (brother)
Elmer C. Kiefer (brother)
Robert W. Kiefer (brother)
John Kiefer (brother)

More information

Sgt Harold E. Kiefer graduated from Brazil High School. H

He enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 9 January 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Birth Certificate / 1930 Census, www.thebraziltimes.com - Frank Phillips

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Jan de Wilde, www.thebraziltimes.com - Frank Phillips