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Personal info

Full name
ABBEY, Harland Robert
Date of birth
23 November 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Constableville, Lewis County, New York
Hometown
Constableville, Lewis County, New York

Military service

Service number
12173851
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
254th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Near Wallendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 3 12

Immediate family

Members
Roy C. Abbey (father)
Anna M. (Powell) Abbey (mother)
Roy D. Abbey (brother)
George H. Abbey (brother)
Richard P. Abbey (brother)
Jane E. Abbey (sister)

More information

Pfc Harland R. Abbey graduated from Constableville Central High School in 1939.

He was a driver at River Brass & Copper in New York before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Albany, New York, on 8 December 1942. He went overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, 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 / De Bates Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com - Daily Sentinel - 11 October 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery