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Personal info

Full name
EVANS, Harry O
Date of birth
2 February 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Knoxville, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33702777
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 September 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 26 58

Immediate family

Members
Harry O. Evans (father)
Lillian (Llewellyn) Evans (mother)
Marjorie Evans (sister)
Jeanne Evans (sister)
Edith (Riley) Evans (wife)

More information

Pfc Harry O. Evans attended high school for four years and was a printer at the King-Murphy Press of Greensburg for ten years before he enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 24 August 1943.

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

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett / David Hutchins Israel, www.newspapers.com The Pittsburgh Press 22 October 1944
Photo source: -, www.findagrave.com - Santita Ogren / Joel Frampton