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Personal info

Full name
MCGUIRE, Harold Wallace
Date of birth
21 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Saint Paul, Grayson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36856029
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Halloville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 23 65

Immediate family

Members
Asbury McGuire (father)
Rebecca J. (McGlone) McGuire (mother)
Robert McGuire (brother)
Bernice McGuire (sister)

More information

Pfc Harold W. McGuire attended Southwestern High School and was employed at Cadillac Motor before he enlisted.

He was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Kentucky Birth Index / 1930 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, The Detroit News - 5 December 1944