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Personal info

Full name
FITZSIMMONS, Harold Leon
Date of birth
14 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Morgan County, Illinois
Hometown
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36058700
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Foy Notre-Dame, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 10 22

Immediate family

Members
J. Dillard Fitzsimmons Sr. (father)
Ruth A. (Sandberg) Fitzsimmons (mother)
Ivan C. Fitzsimmons (brother)
Joseph D. Fitzsimmons (brother)
Margaret L. Fitzsimmons (sister)
Ruth E. Fitzsimmons (sister)

More information

Harold Fitzsimmons was killed in action while trying to rescue wounded comrades.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://cgsc.contendm.oclc.org - History of the 82nd Reconnaissance Battalion

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://www.wwiimemorial.com