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Personal info

Full name
YOHO, Harry Richard
Date of birth
24 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Newport, Mahoning County, Ohio
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36554558
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
Omaha Beach, Normandy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 14 24

Immediate family

Members
Sylvester Yoho (father)
Edna (Smith) Yoho (mother)
Fred R. Yoho (brother)
Garnet A. Yoho (brother)
Robert Yoho (brother)
May Yoho (sister)
Audrey Yoho (sister)
Harrold N. Yoho (twin brother)
Frances (Walsh) Yoho (wife)
Carole Yoho (daughter)

More information

Some GI´s were among many men, allowed to visit Omaha Beach. No one knows exactly what happened, but about fifteen men were in a bunker when a terrible explosion occurred, killing all the men inside. There is the possibility that a naval shells exploded or that perhaps the bunker was booby-trapped. At any rate there were no other visits permitted anymore.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Ste. Mere Eglise No. 2, France.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, Ronald van Beek, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - Cheryl Yoho Doot, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / WWII Draft Card / 1920 Census

Photo source: Ronald van Beek, Cheryl Yoho Doot