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Personal info

Full name
SKIPPER, Harold Ray
Date of birth
4 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Mississippi County, Arkansas
Hometown
Hornersville, Dunklin County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
39697953
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 February 1945
Place of death
Saarlouis, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 17 31

Immediate family

Members
Thomas E. Skipper (father)
Fanny O. (Avent) Skipper (mother)
Buel T. Skipper (brother)
Opal Skipper (wife)

More information

Pfc Harold R. Skipper worked on a farm before he enlisted in Fresco, California on 14 April 1943.

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 / Michael Skipper Family Tree, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
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