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Personal info

Full name
PILLOW, Harold Luck
Date of birth
29 September 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Roanoke City, Virginia
Hometown
Danville, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33156931
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
B Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
The woods of Bois-Saint-Lambert, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 51

Immediate family

Members
John H. Pillow (father)
Ora B. (Adams) Pillow (mother)
Ora R. Pillow (sister)
Nellie Pillow (sister)
Ethel L. (Buck) Pillow (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Harold L. Pillow was a textile weaver at the Riverside Cotton Mills before he enlisted at Camp Lee, Virginia on 23 March 1942. He was sent overseas in January 1944.

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

He is remembered at the Mountain View Cemetery in Danville, Danville City, Virginia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Lovinger Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com – The Bee Virginia 25 September 1945, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Mike Bogoslawski USN