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Personal info

Full name
PFIEL, Harry C
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Catskill, Greene County, New York

Military service

Service number
32492037
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Marly, Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 40 26

Immediate family

Members
Harry H. Pfiel Sr. (father)
Hazel Pfiel (mother)
Geneva Pfiel (sister)
Emmett Pfiel (brother)
George Pfiel (brother)
Albert Pfiel (brother)
Louise Pfiel (sister)

More information

Pvt Harry C. Pfiel Jr. was a painter before he enlisted in Albany, New York on 10 September 1942.

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

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1925 Census, U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreighn Soil 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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