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Personal info

Full name
HARDIN, Rudy N
Date of birth
17 April 1912
Age
33
Place of birth
Trigg County, Kentucky
Hometown
McCracken County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35839347
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 April 1945
Place of death
Near Füssen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 14 56

Immediate family

Members
John T. Hardin (father)
Ida M. (Johnson) Hardin (mother)
Robert H. Hardin (brother)
Myrtle L. Hardin (sister)
Beulah B. Hardin (sister)
Mary C. Hardin (sister)
Martha Hardin (sister)
Cletus H. Hardin (son)

More information

Pvt Rudy Hardin was employed as a deck hand on an Ohio river boat before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 17 May 1944. He was sent overseas in January 1945.
He was killed by small arms fire to his stomach.

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 Hospital Admission Card Files / Wilson Norstrum Pierson Family Tree / Kentucky Birth Index, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Paducah Sun Democrat 17 May 1945
Photo source: www.newspapers.com – The Paducah Sun Democrat 17 May 1945