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Personal info

Full name
HARSHMAN, Harold Lawrence "Bud"
Date of birth
1 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan
Hometown
Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16152578
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Grevels-Brésil, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 4 22

Immediate family

Members
Homer F. Harshman (father)
Hazel L. (Rountree) Harshman (mother)
Helen L. Harshman (sister)
Herbert E. Harshman (brother)
Polly M. Harshman (sister)
Howard Harshman (brother)
Harriet K. Harshman (sister)
Henrietta F. Harshman (sister)
Hurley R. Harshman (brother)
Hazel E. Harshman (sister)
Helena Harshman (sister)

More information

T/5 Harold L. Harshman was a driver at the General Motors Corporation before he volunteered for the Army of the United States at Camp Grant, Illinois on 30 January 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Arnold Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Randy