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Personal info

Full name
THORPE, Harry Raymond
Date of birth
26 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lansdowne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33805383
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rimschweiler-Zweibrücken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 14 30

Immediate family

Members
Raymond H. Thorpe (father)
Lillian F. (Bloodsworth) Thorpe (mother)
Harriet B. Thorpe (sister)

More information

Pfc Harry R. Thorpe attended high school for four years and was unemployed.

He enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 15 November 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Scott Cranmer