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Personal info

Full name
FETTY, Harry Junior
Date of birth
30 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia
Hometown
Burton, Wetzel County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35760984
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division,
3rd Platoon
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Drusenheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Harry Fetty (father)
Stella (Bowers) Fetty (mother)
Sanford E. Fetty (brother)
Eva L. Fetty (half-sister)
Cleo R. Hayes (half-sister)
Edna Fetty (half-sister)
Arthur L. Hayes (half-brother)
Juanita Fetty (half-sister)

More information

Pvt Harry J. Fetty enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 9 September 1943.

On 10 February 1945, his platoon led an assault on Drusenheim and established strong points in a number of houses on the outskirts of town. Over the course of the day, German counterattacks gradually forced the Americans back until they were confined to only two buildings.

Pvt Fetty was killed by small arms fire during the afternoon. His platoon was eventually overrun and captured. Fetty's body was left behind in the town of Drusenheim.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 143rd-October-1944-to-end.pdf / https://36th-id.frb.io

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - MISTY