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Personal info

Full name
ALGER, Harry Marshal
Date of birth
26 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36598423
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Vittonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 22

Immediate family

Members
Harry L. Alger (father)
Olive M. (Hughes) Alger (mother)
Henrietta Alger (sister)
Sterling H. Alger (brother)

More information

Pvt Harry M. Alger graduated from Eastern High School in 1941 and was employed at Superior Tool and Die Company.

He enlisted in April 1943 and was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, https://www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Marshall and Mary McIntire, Detroit Evening Times - 13 March 1945, Eastern High School 1941