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SECKLER, Harold Lanier - Date of
birth
29 August 1919 -
Age
25 -
Place of birth
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina -
Hometown
High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34868246 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
1 February 1945 - Place of
death
Near Schlierbach, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 7 | 17 |
Immediate family
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Members
Walter W. Seckler (father)
Mattie B. (Williams) Seckler (mother)
Katherine Seckler (sister)
Walter G. Seckler (brother)
Elizabeth Seckler (sister)
Dwight Seckler (brother)
Edith Seckler (sister)
Oriana (Scatt) Seckler (wife)
Judith A. Seckler (daughter)
More information
Pvt Harold L. Seckler was a power station operator before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 17 July 1944. He was sent overseas in January 1945.He died in a field hospital to the effects of artillery shell fragments.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Adam Barnhardt Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / North Carolina Marriage Records, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com – Amy Y. Jones
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspaperarchive.com