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Personal info

Full name
RUTH, Harold F
Date of birth
11 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33024009
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kommerscheidt, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 7 40

Immediate family

Members
Joseph F. Ruth Jr. (father)
Mary M. (Werner) Ruth (mother)
Lloyd W. Ruth (brother)
Miriam Ruth (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Harold F. Ruth graduated from Liberty High School in 1938 and worked in a laundry.

He enlisted at Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 17 April 1941.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com, Liberty High School 1938