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Personal info

Full name
BATTERSBY, Harvey Rowland
Date of birth
20 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33584916
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
Moyenvic, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 36

Immediate family

Members
Harvey R. Battersby (father)
Lillian G. (Moll) Battersby (mother)
Dorothy A. (Gansz) Battersby (wife)
Dorothy Battersby (daughter)
Harvey Battersby (son)

More information

Pfc Harvey R. Battersby attended high school for four years and was employed by Rohm & Haas in Bristol before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 15 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest and arm.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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 / Wehlau Gansz Battersby Tree / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Dolores Maxwell, After Action Report 26th Infantry, www.newspapers.com - The Bristol Daily Courier 5 December 1944
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Philadelphia Pennsylvania