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HARIG, John T - Date of
birth
9 October 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado -
Hometown
Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
38002739 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
5th Armored Division
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Awards
unknown
Death
-
Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
11 May 1945 - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 11 | 7 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Peter J. Harig (father)
Teresa Harig (mother)
Eleanor Toogood (half-sister)
Franklin J. Campbell (half-brother)
More information
S/Sgt John T. Harig graduated from Immaculate Conception School, Gilbertsville.He enlisted on 8 July 1941 in Arizona where his father lived although he grew up in Iowa with his aunt, Mary Biever.
He was sent overseas in January 1944.
S/Sgt Harig was killed by a sniper.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, Valerie Collins, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Army Enlistment Records, Alice Winburn Longwell and Valerie Collins / Waterloo Daily Courier / Waterloo, Iowa
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://iagenweb.org/wwii/WWIISurnamesG_H/HarigJohnT.html, Annette Rink