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Personal info

Full name
HARNACK, Bayard Taylor Jr
Date of birth
14 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Aleghena County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-541727
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Near Serrig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 6 4

Immediate family

Members
Bayard T. Harnack (father)
Agnes E. (Main) Harnack (mother)
William A. Harnack (brother)
Richard Harnack (brother)
Betty J. (Nelson) Harnack (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Bayard T. Harnack Jr. graduated from Mishawaka High School in 1940 and attended the University of Pittsburgh before he joined the Regular Army in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 22 May 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cumming Boyd Family Tree, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - 31 January 1945

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Pittsburgh Pennsylvania