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Personal info

Full name
GLASSFORD, Harley Lee
Date of birth
29 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa
Hometown
Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37696720
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Near Mondorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 30 27

Immediate family

Members
John Glassford (father)
Nora L. (Brown) Glassford (mother)
Nellie Glassford (sister)
Ralph D. Glassford (brother)
Mary A. Glassford (sister)
Charles W. Glassford (brother)
John D. Glassford (brother)
Delbert O. Glassford (brother)
Carl E. Glassford (brother)
Max E. Glassford (brother)
Norma J. Glassford (sister)
Helen L. (Helmick) Glassford (wife)
Gary L. Glassford (son)
Connie L. Glassford (daughter)

More information

Pvt Harley L. Glassford enlisted in Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 10 May 1944.

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

He is remembered at the Oakland Cemetery in Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Iowa WWII Bonus Case Files / Richardson Hill Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Shane O

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - pedunk