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Personal info

Full name
HARVEY, Jack Thomas
Date of birth
20 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
York County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Red Lion, York County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33875249
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 December 1944
Place of death
Selestat, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 9 17

Immediate family

Members
John Harvey (father)
Sallie J. (Thomas) Harvey (mother)
Michael H. Harvey (half-brother)
Richard T. Harvey (half-brother)
Norma M. (Sprenkle) Harvey (wife)
Sally A. Harvey (daughter)

More information

Pvt Jack T. Harvey was a shipping clerk before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 26 January 1944.

He was sent overseas in July 1944 and arrived in Italy on 12 August 1944, where he first saw action.

He was killed while guarding a bridge to prevent a German advance. An artillery shell made a direct hit, killing him and three other men.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, www.newspapers.com - The York Dispatch 29 December 1944, 142ndaar-.pdf, 36thID-roster-part-2.pdf
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Joel Frampton Gilfert, www.fold3.com Military Yearbook page 17 Red Lion Pennsylvania