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Personal info

Full name
DYKE, Harry W
Date of birth
28 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Palmyra, Wayne County, New York
Hometown
Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
42141989
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 4 3

Immediate family

Members
Harry W. Dyke (father)
Ella C. (Roat) Dyke (mother)
Ethel Dyke (sister)
Louise M. Dyke (sister)
Ruby Dyke (wife)

More information

Pfc Harry W. Dyke was employed by the Truck Line of Mansfield.

He had been sent overseas in November 1944 and wounded in Belgium at the end of the month. He had returned to active duty about a month prior to his death.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census, www.findagrave.com, They Speak-The Voices of Henri-Chapelle

Photo source: Matthew Tippins, Peter Schouteten