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Personal info

Full name
WOLFE, Harold E
Date of birth
1 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Bethel, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
North Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33504019
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 74

Immediate family

Members
Edgar M. Wolfe (father)
Emily E. Wolfe (mother)
Earl E. Wolfe (brother)
Betty Wolfe (sister)
Clarence Wolfe (brother)
Mary Wolfe (sister)

More information

Sgt Harold E. Wolfe attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 13 March 1943.

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

He is remembered at the Klopps Cemetery in Hamlin, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Bruce Speck

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Joel Frampton Gilfert / Bruce Speck