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Personal info

Full name
DAVIDSON, Harold Albert
Date of birth
1 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Nerstrand, Rice County, Minnesota
Hometown
Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
20748976
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 11

Immediate family

Members
Ludwig D. Davidson (father)
Armena M. (Logghe) Davidson (mother)
Louis C. Davidson (brother)
Florence Davidson (sister)
Rosella Davidson (sister)
Caroline Davidson (sister)
Edward Davidson (brother)
Emily M. Davidson (sister)
Ruth E. Davidson (sister)

More information

Sgt Harold A. Davidson joined the National Guard in Faribault, Minnesota on 6 January 1941. He trained at Camp Hahn, California and served for three years in Kodiak, Alaska. In 1944 he arrived in the States for a short training period, which was spent at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. Following this he was sent to England in November 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, www.newspapers.com - The Oelwein Daily Register - 23 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem, www.newspapers.com - The Oelwein Daily Register - 23 March 1945