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Personal info

Full name
HARRISON, Harold Oscar
Date of birth
10 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
34078829
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
69th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Near Chémery, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 108

Immediate family

Members
George Harrison (father)
Elva E. (Alpha) Harrison (mother)
George A. Harrison (brother)
Merle P. Harrison (sister)
Rose E. Harrison (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Harold O. Harrison attended college for two years before he enlisted at Jacksonville Army Air Field, Florida on 26 June 1941.

He died in a field hospital to the effects of artillery shell fragments received the previous day.

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 / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - St. Mary and Franklin Banner Tribune 8 December 1944, www.super6th.org
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