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Personal info

Full name
HARK, Charles
Date of birth
22 May 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33812207
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
Near Fonteny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 21 32

Immediate family

Members
Lewis Hark (father)
Amelia (Snyder) Hark (mother)
Simon S. Hark (brother)
Clara (Ibberson) Clark (wife)
Harritt Hark (daughter)

More information

Pvt Charles Hark was a plumber before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 31 January 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Bobrow Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman
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