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Personal info

Full name
HIGH, Howard Bender
Date of birth
14 November 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33845254
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
Near Horseshoe Woods in Dornot, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 5 54

Immediate family

Members
Irvin R. High (father)
Bertha M. High (mother)
Hazel High (sister)
Shull P. High (brother)
Russell L. High (brother)
Harold H. High (brother)
C. Richard High (brother)
Tressa F. (George) High (wife)

More information

Pvt Howard B. High was married to Tressa Florence George on 22 February 1936.

He enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 14 March 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com, - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950 - 1966, https://www.7tharmddiv.org / www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph - 14 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery