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Personal info

Full name
WAY, Harlen Willbough
Date of birth
29 November 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37634674
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
117th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 March 1945
Place of death
Hunxe, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 8 15

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Way (father)
Maggie A. (Elliott) Way (mother)
Frank Way (brother)
Alice Way (sister)
Willey Way (brother)
John Way (brother)
Raymond Way (brother)
E. Way (brother)
William Way (brother)
Isaac Way (brother)
Joseph E. Way (brother)

More information

Pvt Harlen W. Way enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 8 March 1944.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously. Pvt Way was caught in heavy cross-fire on 25 March 1945 with four other men. He crawled to a point of vantage after he was wounded and maintained fire on the enemy so that his companions could escape.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.30thinfantry.org, www.homeoftheheroes.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The St. Louis Star and Times