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Personal info

Full name
RIST, Harold Eugene
Date of birth
8 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska
Hometown
Clakamas County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39335130
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dillenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 3 18

Immediate family

Members
Harry L. Rist (father)
Helen Rist (mother)
Ruby Rist (sister)
Phyllis Rist (sister
Charles Rist (brother)
Howard Rist (brother)

More information

Pfc. Harold E. Rist attended Beatrice High School until shortly before his graduation when he moved with his parents to Oregon.

He enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 7 July 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com,
www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - Beatrice Daily Sun Nebraska, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Beatrice Daily Sun Nebraska, Carol Dockter Stadig