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Personal info

Full name
LUMPKIN, Harold Winford
Date of birth
26 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Munford, Tipton County, Tennessee
Hometown
Munford, Tipton County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34881229
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
Oberhoffen-sur-Moder, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 16 25

Immediate family

Members
Thomas W. Lumpkin (father)
Lillie M. (Timbs) Lumpkin (mother)
Raymond L. Lumpkin (brother)
Rachel L. Lumpkin (sister)
David C. Lumpkin (brother)
Willie R. Lumpkin (brother)
Thomas W. Lumpkin (brother)
Mary G. Lumpkin (sister)
Winnie C. Lumpkin (sister)
Roberta Lumpkin (sister)
Lillian R. Lumpkin (sister)
Paul T. Lumpkin (brother)

More information

Sgt Harold W. Lumpkin attended Munford High School and worked on his father’s farm before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 24 July 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, https://36th-id.frb.io/, 142ndaar-.pdf, https://valor.militarytimes.com/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy