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GEBHARDS, Harry August - Date of
birth
12 December 1918 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Pleasant Plains, Menard County, Illinois -
Hometown
Indian Creek, Menard County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36052118 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
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Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
8 September 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Dornot-Arnaville, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Schweer B. Gebhards (father)
Minnie (Goetting) Gebhards (mother)
Loren B. Gebhards (brother)
More information
Pfc Harry A. Gebhards enlisted in the Regular Army in Peoria, Illinois on 11 April 1941.He was a farmhand before he enlisted.
Pfc Gebhards is remembered with a memorial marker at Rose Hill Cemetery in Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois.
Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / Hughes Lott 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 / menardill