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Personal info

Full name
WARD, Harry Dempf
Date of birth
21 August 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi
Hometown
Ulster County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-708972
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
566th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 July 1944
Place of death
Quenstedt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 34 32

Immediate family

Members
Harry W. Ward (father)
Monica (Dempf) Ward (mother)
Joseph B. Ward (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-50617
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: The Wolf Patrol
Destination: Halle, Germany
MACR: 7365

More information

2nd Lt Harry D. Ward graduated from Louisville High School.

After receiving his wings in February 1944, he was sent overseas in May 1944.

Aircraft 42-50617 was hit by flak over the target. The aircraft immediately began to lose altitude and the right wing broke into flames. A Fw 190 got on his trail and strafed the ship, and aircraft went into steep dive and crashed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Michel Beckers, www.389thbg.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Mireille Goedhart, www.newspapers.com - The Courrier Journal 15 July 1945