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Personal info

Full name
SKELTON, Harold Claude
Date of birth
25 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Bone Gap, Edwards County, Illinois
Hometown
Posey County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
6661591
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wonsheim or Stein Bockenheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 5 88

Immediate family

Members
Arthur Skelton (father)
Zula O. (Crawford) Skelton (mother)
Mary Skelton (sister)
Gilbert Skelton (brother)
Henry Skelton (brother)
Arthur Skelton (brother)
Ethel L. (Norton) Skelton (wife)
Harold Skelton Jr. (son)

More information

S/Sgt Harold C. Skelton joined the Regular Army on 28 September 1939. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

Two brothers, Henry and Gilbert, also served during the war.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Cincinnati Enquirer

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxemburg American Cemetery, Patti Skelton (niece) and David Skelton (nephew) - courtesy of Kathy McDermott