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Personal info

Full name
HARNISH, Charles Amos
Date of birth
11 November 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Chinook, Blaine County, Montana
Hometown
Frenchtown, Missoula County, Montana

Military service

Service number
O-539840
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 September 1944
Place of death
Near Homécourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 103

Immediate family

Members
Amos Harnish (father)
Alice W. (Holtman) Harnish (mother)
Evelyn E. Harnish (sister)
Harold B. Harnish (brother)

More information

2nd Lt Charles A. Harnish graduated from Missoula County High School and from Montana State College before he joined the Regular Army in the Presidio of Monterey, California on 10 August 1943.

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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, The Missoulian 8 October 1944

Photo source: Missoula County High School Yearbook 1937 / Montana State College Yearbook 1942