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Personal info

Full name
HALSETH, Howard
Date of birth
23 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Choteau, Teton County, Montana
Hometown
Deary, Latah County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
39476972
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mainz-Kastel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 6 25

Immediate family

Members
Peter Halseth (father)
Mattie (Klette) Halseth (mother)
Mabel Halseth (sister)
Melvin Halseth (brother)
Ruth A. (Perry) Halseth (wife)
Peter T. Halseth (son)

More information

Pfc Howard Halseth attended high school for two years and was a mechanic before he enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington on 29 May 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Idaho County Marriages / Montana Birth Records, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Emmanuel Vincent