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Personal info

Full name
HARDESTY, Carl Herbert
Date of birth
30 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Hometown
Lynn, Randolph County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35904528
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
37th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hermesdorf-Rittersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 85

Immediate family

Members
Samuel P. Hardesty, (father)
Chelcia (Hiatt) Hardesty (mother)
Thelma J. Hardesty (wife)
Betty C. Hardesty (daughter)
Patricia A. Hardesty (daughter)
Larry G. Hardesty (son)

More information

T/5 Carl H. Hardesty was employed at a glass factory before he enlisted on 13 July 1944 and was sent overseas in December 1944.

He is remembered at the Fountain Park Cemetery in Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Star Press, Muncie, Indiana, www.strijdbewijs.nl

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - DSON1492