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Personal info

Full name
DUKES, Harold Cortez
Date of birth
21 February 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Mississippi
Hometown
Hinds County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34477705
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Field Lineman
Unit
HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division,
Communications Platoon
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
22 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Leiffarth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 17 23

Immediate family

Members
Robert B. Dukes (father)
Sarah P. (Boone) Dukes (mother)
Jesse T. Dukes (brother)
Lilllie L. Dukes (sister)
Ina M. Dukes (sister)
Robert B. Dukes Jr. (brother)
Lucille Dukes (sister)
Edna E. Dukes (sister)

More information

T/5 Harold C. Dukes enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 6 November 1942 and was sent overseas on 1 July 1944.

According to the Moring Report of 22 January 1945, he was reported wounded in action and died of his wounds the same day.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com - Ozark Researcher, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - Clarion-Ledger

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Clarion-Ledger, Genealogy Center - Smith County, Mississippi