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Personal info

Full name
STRAWSER, Harry Bernard
Date of birth
5 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35076765
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
275th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
Philippsbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 34 10

Immediate family

Members
Eldon B. Strawser (father)
Carrie E. (Hissong) Strawser (mother)
Kenneth W. Strawser (brother)
Dorothy E. (Good) Strawser (wife)
Larry Strawser (son)
Robert Strawser (son)

More information

Pfc Harry B. Strawser worked for the National Cash Repgister Company.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 28 March 1944 and was less than two months in Europe when he was killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Smith & Terlinde Family Tree, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Dayton Daily News 30 January 1945
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Pat Petty