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Personal info

Full name
PRAGER, Harry Milton
Date of birth
25 September 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
33847376
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Luneville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 6 25

Immediate family

Members
Morris Prager (father)
Minnie (Mandlow) Prager (mother)
Pauline P. Prager (sister)
Sarah Prager (sister)
Martin Prager (brother)
Pearl (Flesch) Prager (wife)

More information

Pvt Harry M. Prager attended high school for four years and was a sales clerk before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 23 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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 / Pennsylvania Veterans Compensation Application Files WWII / Katherine E. Snyder Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy

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