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Personal info

Full name
POWERS, Harry E
Date of birth
8 September 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York
Hometown
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York

Military service

Service number
32748419
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Col de Sainte-Marie, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 15 18

Immediate family

Members
John P. Powers (father)
Anna F. (Wheeler) Powers (mother)
Mary A. Powers (sister)
John F. Powers (brother)
Pauline A. (Devery) Powers (wife)

More information

T/5 Harry E. Powers was a goverment letter carrier before he enlisted in Albany, New York on 15 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Troy Family Tree / 1920 Census, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy