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CORNETT, Harry Vernon - Date of
birth
9 October 1922 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky -
Hometown
Lothair, Perry County, Kentucky
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35791626 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
12 September 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Pont-à-Mousson, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Charles S. Cornett (father)
Verda (Smith) Cornett (mother)
Lexa V. Cornett (sister)
Charles L. Cornett Jr. (brother)
Ray G. Cornett (brother)
Ben Cornett (halfbrother)
Noah Cornett (halfbrother)
Hattie Cornett (halfsister)
Estil A. Cornett (halfbrother)
Leila M. (Gross) Cornett (wife)
John C. Cornett (son)
More information
Pfc Harry V. Cornett was a employed at Emmart Packing Company.He enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 9 March 1943.
Pfc Cornett was on top of a 2½ ton truck, loaded with ammunition, which was being ferried, at night, across the Moselle River near Pont-a-Mousson, France. The enemy shelled the crossing and the truck received a direct hit from enemy artillery fire and several near hits. This occurred at approximately 0100 hours. Search was made the following morning for Pvt Cornett and continued for five days in the area along both banks of the Moselle River, without avail. It was believed he was killed or drowned when the truck was hit by enemy artillery fire.
Pfc Cornett is remembered with a memorial marker at Englewood Cemetery in Christopher, Perry County, Kentucky.
This memorial plaque hangs in the lobby of Hazard, Kentucky's Memorial Gym.
Source of information: Leo Minne, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / Denny Brock’s Family Tree, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO, IDPF
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman, Charging Forward KY