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Personal info

Full name
SANDERS, Harold Edward
Date of birth
16 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Okaton, Jones County, South Dakota
Hometown
White River, Mellette County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
36978072
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
Pont-à-Mousson, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 29 33

Immediate family

Members
Joseph P. Sanders (father)
Elma (Tompkins) Sanders (mother)
Elvin J. Sanders (brother)
Della Sanders (sister)
Nelda H. (Munch) Sanders (wife)

More information

Pvt Harold E. Sanders was employed at the Detves Shipbuilding Company before he enlisted in July 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Leon Sanders / Elvin J. Sanders, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Mostyn Owen Thayer Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: The Times News 28 December 1944