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Personal info

Full name
OAKLEY, Harold Rexford
Date of birth
1911
Age
unknown
Place of birth
North Carolina
Hometown
Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34898176
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the Jallaucourt or Oriocourt or Laneuveville-en-Saulnois area, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 43

Immediate family

Members
James M. Oakley (father)
Hattie E (Robertson) Oakley (mother)
Ruby A. Oakley (sister)
James R. Oakley (brother)
Margaret C. (Cole) Oakley (wife)
Nancy A. Oakley (daughter)

More information

Pfc Harold R. Oakley enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 1 January 1944.

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

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, AAR 51st AIB August 44 thru May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Brat Douglas