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HARTWIG, Harold William - Date of
birth
7 March 1915 -
Age
30 - Place of
birth
Dunlap, Harrison County, Iowa -
Hometown
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37260353 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
18 April 1945 - Place of
death
Near Martinsreuth, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 20 | 49 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Paul R. Hartwig (father)
Dessie H. (Leythem) Hartwig (mother)
Opal I. Hartwig (sister)
Veronica A. (Baumart) Hartwig (wife)
More information
Sgt Harold W. Hartwig is remembered at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Dunlap, Harrison County, Iowa.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / My twigs Limbs and Branches Family Tree / Iowa WWII Bonus Case Files, www.findagrave.com - EH
Photo source: www.newspapers.com – Council Bluffs Nonpareil Iowa - 7 May 1945, www.findagrave.com – Laura S / Mark Bennett