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Personal info

Full name
GOGOLAN, Harold Henry "Buddy"
Date of birth
4 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15322326
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 78

Immediate family

Members
Carl Gogolan (father)
Caroline (Domin) Gogolan (mother)
Mildred Gogolan (sister)
Nelson R. Gogolan (brother)
Frederick Gogolan (brother)

More information

Pvt Harold H. Gogolan graduated from East High School in 1938 and was employed at the Weather Head Company.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 21 September 1942. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / Erdman Pietrowska Tree, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Silvano Theunissen, East High School 1938, The Cleveland Press - 31 January 1945