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Personal info

Full name
PESSIN, Harold Lazar
Date of birth
12 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31337633
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 41 32

Immediate family

Members
Israel G. Pessin (father)
Gussie E. (Marcus) Pessin (mother)
Annette Pessin (sister)
Marcia C. Pessin (sister)
Roslyn Z. Pessin (sister)
Lindy Pessin (sister)
Arnold G. Pessin (brother)

More information

Sgt Harold L. Pessin graduated from Weaver High School and was an electricial repairman at the Hoover Company Inc. before he enlisted on 10 August 1943. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - S. Landerman, www.newspapers.com - The Hartford Daily Courant - 23 February 1945
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