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Personal info

Full name
BANNAN, Harry Shively
Date of birth
18 February 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Harrisburgh, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Harrisburgh, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33939866
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
274th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Rothbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 40 35

Immediate family

Members
Samuel T. Bannan (father)
Nellie M. (Wingert) Bannan (mother)
Samuel T. Bannan Jr. (brother)
Mary A. Bannan (sister)

More information

Pvt Harry S. Bannan was a student at John Harris High School, the Hill soldier left school to enter the service in May 1944. He trained at Fort McClellan, Alabama and Fort Leonard Wood, Mexico. Going overseas to France late in November 1944.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 19 May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.findagrave.com - Brenda & Pete, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph Pennsylvania, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Brenda & Pete