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Personal info

Full name
PIXLEY, Harry Edward
Date of birth
28 November 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana
Hometown
Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35869813
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Château-Salins, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 13 47

Immediate family

Members
Harry S. Pixley (father)
Mary M. (Missi) Pixley (mother)
Laverne M. Pixley (sister)
Virginia E. (Phillips) Pixley (wife)

More information

Sgt Harry E. Pixley was a mechanic and repairman before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 7 July 1943.

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

He is remembered at the Walnut Ridge Cemetery in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Janet / Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Janet