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Personal info

Full name
BLISS, Harry Ward
Date of birth
25 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York
Hometown
Ontario County, New York

Military service

Service number
32471731
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 59

Immediate family

Members
Roland A. Bliss (father)
Marion E. V. (Fisher) Bliss (mother)
Esther Bliss (sister)
Helen V. Bliss (sister)
Ralph Bliss (brother)
Marie E. (Schultz) Bliss (wife)

More information

Pfc Harry W. Bliss enlisted in Rochester, New York on 11 September 1942.

He died on Christmas day after he was mortally wounded from enemy fire.

He is remembered at the Evergreen Cemetery in Bristol Center, Ontario County, New York.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – The Olsson Family, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Karin Smith Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.findagrave.com - Jenorv
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Laura Phillips / Jenorv