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Personal info

Full name
SPRIGGS, Harry Leslie
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
South Dakota
Hometown
Jersey, Jersey County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
6833622
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 9 26

Immediate family

Members
Clarence E. Spriggs (father)
Elsie G. (Middleton) Spriggs (mother)
Doris G. Spriggs (sister)
Mildred I. Spriggs (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Harry L. Spriggs joined the Regular Army at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 10 October 1940. He was sent overseas in early 1944.

He was wounded in action in France in December 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

T/Sgt Spriggs was named after his uncle, E. Leslie Spriggs, who was killed during World War I.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - Alton Evening Telegraph

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet