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Personal info

Full name
MANN, Harry Lavohn
Date of birth
December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
Hometown
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39343144
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
North of Le Cercueil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 27 94

Immediate family

Members
Harry L. Mann (father)
Esther A. (Snider) Mann (mother)
Robert J. Mann (brother)
Byron L. Mann (brother)
Nome D. (Jackson) Mann (wife)

More information

Pfc Harry L. Mann attended high school for one year and was a lumber inspector before he enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 3 January 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his chest.

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 / Finger Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dan Phelan, www.ancestry.com - clarkbeep