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Personal info

Full name
HARRIS, George Warren
Date of birth
31 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Hillsboro, Vernon County, Wisconsin
Hometown
DeKalb County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36953689
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Tambach-Dietharz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 13 19

Immediate family

Members
Mark Harris (father)
Ethel M. (Ammerman) Harris (mother)
Flossie Harris (sister)
Thomas Harris (brother)
Richard Harris (brother)
Mavis J. (Paulson) Harris (wife)

More information

George Harris was employed on a farm before he enlisted in March 1944. He was sent overseas the following October.

Pfc Harris is remembered at Windfall Cemetery in Exeland, Sawyer County, Wisconsin with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch,www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - Republican-Northwestern, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Karen Hill