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Personal info

Full name
MICKLE, Harry Lee
Date of birth
25 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Hometown
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34592305
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 11 49

Immediate family

Members
S. R. Mickle (father)
Gertrude Mickle (mother)
Miller Newton (stepfather)
Frank Newton (half-brother)
Gene Newton (half-brother)
Katherine Mickle (sister)
Russell Mickle (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Harry L. Mickle attended North Carolina State College.

He enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 29 November 1942.

He was last seen leading his platoon against a German attack, which had almost surrounded him.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census / North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000 / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://www.cmstory.org - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library / Charlotte Observer, www.wwiimemorial.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://www.cmstory.org - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library / Charlotte Observer