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Personal info

Full name
MARION, Harold Leonard
Date of birth
14 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Kankakee County, Illinois
Hometown
Salina, Kankakee County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36920097
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Near Ehingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 28 43

Immediate family

Members
Stephen C. Marion (father)
Hattie M. J. (Depatis) Marion (mother)
Francis W. Marion (brother)
Stephen C. Marion (brother)
James E. Marion (brother)
Elsie M. (Bower) Marion (wife)
April A. Marion (daughter)

More information

Pvt Harold L. Marion was employed at the Kankakee Ordnance works before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Guertin's & my French Connections / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com
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