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Personal info

Full name
ROSE, Harold Ross
Date of birth
8 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Andover, Wise County, Virginia
Hometown
Osaka, Wise County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33655949
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 October 1944
Place of death
Near Forêt-de-Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 17 6

Immediate family

Members
William I. Rose (father)
Flora J. (Willis) Rose (mother)
Cathleen Rose (sister)
Helen M. Rose (sister)
Donald J. Rose (brother)

More information

Pfc Harold R. Rose was employed at the Stonega Coke and Coal Company before he enlisted in Abingdon, Virginia on 10 August 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his neck.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Robinette Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy