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Personal info

Full name
SQUIRES, Harry Goff
Date of birth
28 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia
Hometown
Akron, Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35603052
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Near Avricourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 20 51

Immediate family

Members
Carl W. Squires (father)
Daisy P. (Perine) Squires (mother)
Carl J. Squires (brother)
Edward G. Squires (brother)
Anna S. Squires (sister)
Helen M. Squires (sister)

More information

Pfc Harry G. Squires attended high school for one year before he enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 16 February 1943.

He died in a hospital to the effects of a gunshot in his chest.

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 / Thorpe Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal Ohio 7 December 1944