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Personal info

Full name
MAVIS, Howard H
Date of birth
10 December 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
6913346
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 April 1945
Place of death
Harz mountains, East of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 16 8

Immediate family

Members
Arthur C. Mavis (father)
Esther E. (Kohnke) Mavis (mother)
Norman H. Mavis (brother)
Arthur B. Mavis (brother)
Ruth E. Mavis (sister)
Ralph E. Mavis (brother)
Nancy L. (Burskey) Mavis (wife)
Nancy E. Mavis (daughter)
Howard A. Mavis (son)

More information

Pvt Howard H. Mavis joined the Regular Army on 27 September 1939.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, Kenneth Dallman (nephew)