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Personal info

Full name
HARDESTY, Claude Everett
Date of birth
22 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado
Hometown
Johnstown, Weld County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37363566
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Near Longvilly, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 4 26

Immediate family

Members
Ernest R. Hardesty (father)
Mildred M. (Titler) Hardesty (mother)
Ruby Hardesty (sister)
Clyde E. Hardesty (twin-brother)
Pearl L. Hardesty (sister)
Ralph Hardesty (brother)
Opal M. Hardesty (sister)
Faye M. Hardesty (sister)

More information

Pvt Claude E. Hardesty was awarded his high school diploma posthumously.
He enlisted in October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Susan Grant Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Johnstown Historical Society