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Personal info

Full name
SPRAGUER, Harold Junior
Date of birth
28 October 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Boone County, Nebraska
Hometown
Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32597497
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 7 13

Immediate family

Members
Roy Spraguer (father)
Martha M. (Sellers) Spraguer (mother)
Iola Spraguer (sister)
Elsie Spraguer (sister)
Leroy Spraguer (brother)
Richard Spraguer (brother)
Donald Spraguer (brother)
John Spraguer (brother)
Jean A. Spraguer (sister)

More information

Pvt Harold J. Spraguer attended Hackensack High school and was employed at Maywood Chemical Works.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 5 December 1942.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.marketgarden.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Fabienne De Schrijver, www.findagrave.com - Pam Davis / Mary Sue Scott Ireland