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Personal info

Full name
YERGES, Harold G
Date of birth
29 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33772952
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Saarlautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 9 1

Immediate family

Members
Herman G. Yerges (father)
Vera L. (Engle) Yerges (mother)
Gene V. Yerges (brother)
Ione N. Yerges (sister)
Kaye A. Yerges (sister)

More information

Pfc Harold G. Yerges attended high school for four years and worked as a welder and flame cutter.
He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 7 March 1944.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII enlistment record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / WWII Draft Card / Headstone inscription & interment record, www.newspapers.com – Elizabethville Echo, 10 May 1945, www.65thdiv.com, Marjorie A. (Yerges) Smith
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Dan Phelan / John, Marjorie A. (Yerges) Smith