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Personal info

Full name
FARGHER, Harold Hamilton
Date of birth
14 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Stambaugh, Iron County, Michigan
Hometown
Iron River, Iron County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36166449
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 September 1944
Place of death
Kiekbergwoods, Klein Amerika, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 20 7

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Fargher (father)
Phoebe Lena (Hamilton) Fargher (mother)
Rodolph A. Robichand (stepfather)
Vera Lovinia (Corbett) Fargher (wife)
Brian H. Fargher (son)

More information

Sgt Harold H. Fargher was a graduate of Michigan State Normal College. He was employed by Bendix Aviation Corp.

He enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 15 January 1942 and was sent overseas in April 1943. He was in the invasion of Africa, Sicily, Italy and Normandy.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, near Nijmegen, the Netherlands on 28 September 1944.

Source of information: www.abmc.org, WWII Memorial, Fold3, Market Garden, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / Michigan Marriage Record / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - Detroit Free Press

Photo source: Monty McDaniel, Market Garden