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Personal info

Full name
HULSTINE, Harry William
Date of birth
30 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33493542
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 8 36

Immediate family

Members
Harry M. Hulstine (father)
Maggie E. (Eisenhower) Hulstine (mother)
Mary E. Hulstine (sister)
Esther M. Hulstine (sister)
Margaret E. Hulstine (sister)
Martha Hulstine (sister)
Russell M. Hulstine (brother)
Robert R. Hulstine (brother)
Paul Hulstine (brother)
Walter R. Hulstine (brother)

More information

Pfc Harry W. Hulstine attended high school for one year and was employed at the Rough Wear Clothing Company before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 4 December 1942. He was sent overseas in March 1944.
He was reported wounded in action on 2 October 1944 and died on 16 October 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his buttock and hip.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Keller Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.newspapers.com – The Evening News 6 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – The Evening News 6 November 1944