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Personal info

Full name
HAGGERTY, Vern Robert
Date of birth
16 March 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Sumpter, Baker County, Oregon
Hometown
Myrtle Creek, Grant County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39310991
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
35th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
In the Bastogne vicinity, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 8 34

Immediate family

Members
Robert Haggerty (father)
Frances O. (Shephard) Haggerty (mother)
Victor L. Haggerty (brother)

More information

Pfc Vern R. Haggerty enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 17 June 1942.

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

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

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