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Personal info

Full name
OTIS, Harvey William
Date of birth
3 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Big Pine, Inyo County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
19183462
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
150th Armored Signal Company,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Near Noville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 7 23

Immediate family

Members
Harvey W. Otis (father)
Marjorie (Horn) Otis (mother)
Mary A. Otis (sister)

More information

Pfc Harvey W. Otis attended high school for four years and was a shipping and receiving clerk before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Los Angeles, California on 24 November 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Harvey Family Tree, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com - Daniel E. Jolley
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Daniel E. Jolley