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Personal info

Full name
WALDRON, Harold Russell
Date of birth
27 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Muskingum, Muskingum County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15018553
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 October 1944
Place of death
Near Marainviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 36 26

Immediate family

Members
Russell Waldron (father)
Myrtle A. (Stills) Waldron (mother)
Cora V. (Schott) Waldron (wife)
Marlene J. Waldron (daughter)

More information

Pvt Harold R. Waldron attended high school for one year and was a cook before he joined the Regular Army in Fort Hayes Columbus, Ohio on 29 March 1941.

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 Hospital Admission Card Files / Clark Family Tree, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Robert Sage