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Personal info

Full name
LOCHRIDGE, Harold D
Date of birth
27 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Buckley, Pierce County, Washington
Hometown
Pierce County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39202848
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 4 18

Immediate family

Members
Davis M. Lochridge (father)
Cora (Hull) Lochridge (mother)
Dora M. Lochridge (sister)
Elnora M. Lochridge (sister)

More information

Pfc Harold D. Lochridge attended Buckley High School.

He enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 2 March 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Thomas Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - M Thoma, Mary Kircher Roddy.