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Personal info

Full name
GUILTNER, Harry Carl
Date of birth
14 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois
Hometown
Vermilion County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36485143
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Battery,
456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Schijndel, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 5 14

Immediate family

Members
Harry D. Guiltner (father)
Louise O. (Snyder) Guiltner (mother)
Doras B. Guiltner (sister)
Thomas R. Guiltner (brother)
Laura L. Guiltner (sister)

More information

Pvt Harry C. Guiltner attended two years at Danville High School.

He enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 19 May 1943.

The picture was taken in high school in 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Danville High School yearbook 1940