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Pvt Harold C. Seehoffer enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 28 March 1944 and trained at Camp Blanding, Florida.

He was awarded the Silver Star medal posthumously for actions on the day of his death. The citation reads:
Pvt Harold C. Seehoffer distinguished himself by gallantry in action as a rifleman of Company E, 353rd Infantry, om 16 March 1945, in Zelle, Germany. When his squad was immobilized by fire from enemy machine guns situated on a hill, Pvt Seehoffer ran 50 yards through hostile sniper and semi-automatic fire to the right flank and silenced it by killing the two enemy gunners with rifle fire. Then volunteering to serve as a scout, he precede his company into the city and aggressively moved from building to building, eliminating resistance. Finally, despite heavy hostile automatic weapons fire, he reached a key building which was strongly defended by a number of automatic weapons in the hands of the enemy. With utter disregard for his safety, he unhesitatingly advanced upon the building alone, making himself a target so that his comrades could reach effective firing positions. By the sacrifice of his life, he enabled his company to take the building and to complete the seizure of the city. His outstanding courage, aggressiveness, initiative, determination and extraordinary devotion to duty reflected great credit upon him and were in keeping with best traditions of the armed forces of the United States.