Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
HAYS, Harlan Gene - Date of
birth
5 July 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Wisconsin -
Hometown
Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36294901 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
22 January 1945 - Place of
death
Wasserbillig, Luxembourg
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 6 | 32 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Martin A. Hays (father)
Agnes H. (Jertson) Hays (mother)
Helen U. Hays (sister)
Helen M. Hays (sister)
Myrtle E. Hays (sister)
Wallace A. Hays (brother)
Helen R. Hays (sister)
Mabel C. Hays (sister)
Marjorie L. Hays (sister)
Lyle M. Hays (brother)
Orville H. Hays (brother)
Dorothy A. Hays (wife)
More information
Pfc Harlan G. Hays attended college for two years before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 5 January 1943.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pearson Family Tree, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.newspapers.com - Wisconsin State Journal 11 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Portage