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Personal info

Full name
HORN, Harry R
Date of birth
24 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Indiana
Hometown
Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35565037
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Infantry Division,
36th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 14 21

Immediate family

Members
George E. Horn (father)
Myrtle L. (Lowder) Horn (mother)
Earnest Horn (brother)
Alice O. Horn (sister)
Charles D. Horn (brother)
Martha B. Horn (sister)

More information

T/5 Harry R. Horn enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 26 October 1942.

His brother, Charles D. Horn, is buried next to him.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com. www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Jo Purnot

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