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WINTERBOTTOM, Harry Vincent - Date of
birth
22 November 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
New York City, New York -
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32909411 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
9 January 1945 - Place of
death
Near Winseler, Luxembourg
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 7 | 50 |
Immediate family
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Members
James E. Winterbottom (foster father)
Leona M. (Reuther) Winterbottom (foster mother)
Catherine Winterbottom (sister)
Edmee Winterbottom (sister)
James E. Greenfield (father)
Nellie (Hickey) Greenfield (mother)
More information
Pfc Harry V. Winterbottom graduated from Cathedral High School in 1936, De La Salle Academy, from which he won a scholarship to Bard College from which he graduated in 1941 with high honors, gving great promise toward a journalistic career.He was awarded the Bronze Star. The citation reads in part: "Pfc Winterbottom advanced through intense enemy artillery and tank fire to summon an aid man and guide him to the position of the wounded men. Despite continued enemy fire, he then made three trips over dangerously exposed terrain assisting in the evacuation of the casualties.
Pfc Winterbottom was killed by a burst of enemy machine gun fire when he leaped from his foxhole to save one of the men from his outfit.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Mathews Family Tree, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Office of Alumni Affairs and the Archives & Special Collections of Bard College