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Personal info

Full name
HARRISON, Elijah Washington Jr
Date of birth
30 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina
Hometown
Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34656086
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Insenborn, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 16

Immediate family

Members
Elijah W. Harrison (father)
Maggie G. (Preston) Harrison (mother)
William H. Harrison (brother)
Joella H. Harrison (sister)
Stephen K. Harrison (brother)
Romain Harrison (sister)
Maggie Harrison (sister)
Katie Harrison (sister)
Laura Harrison (sister)
Barbara Harrison (sister)
Bettie Harrison (sister)

More information

Pvt Elijah W. Harrison Jr. attended high school for four years and was a stock clerk at Charleston Ordinance Depot of the U.S. Government before he enlisted at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 20 May 1943. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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

He is also remembered at the Goodwill Baptist Church Cemetery in Belews Creek, Forsyth County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Mrs. Romain Barker, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman / John William & Cheryl (Colomb) DeRonde, www.newspaper.com - The Greenville News 19 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / John William & Cheryl (Colomb) DeRonde