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Personal info

Full name
HARRIS, Earl Bruce
Date of birth
1 June 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina
Hometown
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
42103138
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
3757th Quartermaster Truck Company
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
20 July 1945
Place of death
Tertre, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 20 16

Immediate family

Members
Doll Harris (father
Janice (Jordan) Harris (mother)
John Harris (brother)
Mary Harris (sister)
Evelyn (Bugert) Harris (wife)
Earl B. Harris Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt Earl B. Harris enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 29 December 1943. He was sent overseas in December 1944.

According to an article in The News of 24 August 1945 Pvt Harris was killed in a motor accident while driving a truck on an organizational move from Willebroek, Belgium to Lille, France.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, The News - 24 August 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet