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Personal info

Full name
ROCK, Harold R
Date of birth
23 January 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Diamond, Whitman County, Washington
Hometown
Whitman County, Washington

Military service

Service number
O-024266
Rank
Captain
Function
Company Commander
Unit
Service Company,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
5 May 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 7 28

Immediate family

Members
Ralph W. Rock (father)
Mary I. (Stipe) Rock (mother)

More information

Capt Harold R. Rock, was killed in an airplane crash.

He had recently returned to duty after recovering from battle wounds he had sustained in the Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / Family Rock, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - William Croghan