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Personal info

Full name
SHARP, Howard Bertrand
Date of birth
14 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois
Hometown
East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36079157
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 February 1945
Place of death
Saarlouis, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 78

Immediate family

Members
Horace M. Sharp (father)
Nellie I. (Avett) Sharp (mother)

More information

S/Sgt Howard B. Sharp attended four years of high school and was a meat stamper at the Hunter Packing Company before he enlisted.

He is remembered at the Saint John’s Cemetery in Dongola, Union County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, , www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Ken w. Lentz My Trexler Family, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Randy Watkins