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Personal info

Full name
CONNER, Harry Wilson
Date of birth
14 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Halifax County, Virginia
Hometown
Baltimore County, Maryland
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
33892315
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 54

Immediate family

Members
Berkley L. Conner (father)
Veda M. (Tucker) Conner (mother)
Berkley L. Conner (brother)
Franklin T. Conner (brother)
Nora M. Conner (sister)
Edith H. Conner (sister)
Martha Y. Conner (wife)

More information

Pvt Harry W. Conner enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 28 June 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

He is remembered at the Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Nathalie, Halifax County, Virginia.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com,www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com, - 1930/1940 Census / Vaenglish Tree / Headstone and Interment Records / Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2014, AAR 51rd Inf. Battalion August 44 thru May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, - Luxembourg American Cemetery, David Harmon