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Personal info

Full name
DEVER, Harold Wilbur
Date of birth
7 June 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Union County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35290900
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
South of Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 50

Immediate family

Members
Frank W. Dever (father)
Mary A. (Cary) Dever (mother)
Donnell W. Dever (brother)
Hannah C. Dever (sister)
Frank Dever (brother)
Eva L. Dever (sister)
Frederick C. Dever (brother)
Frank Dever (brother)
Helen P. Dever (sister)
Robert L. Dever (brother)

More information

Pfc Harold W. Dever worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Hayes Columbus, Ohio on 24 March 1942 He was sent overseas in September 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Pfc Dever is remembered at the York Cemetery in York Center, Union County, Ohio.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Schatner Family Tree / Ohio, Birth Index, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.findagrave.com – Becky Jacobs, www.newspapers.com - Richwood Gazetten
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery