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Personal info

Full name
METZGER, Harold Edward
Date of birth
5 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Fulton, Fulton County, Indiana
Hometown
Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36409761
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 8

Immediate family

Members
Harry L. Metzger (father)
Gretta M. (Fenton) Metzger (mother)
Harry L. Metzger Jr. (brother)
Richard A. Metzger (brother)
Charlotte E. (Vaughan) Metzger (wife)

More information

Sgt Harold E. Metzger attended Central High School for three years before he enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 16 November 1942. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, Ralph Peeters, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Miles Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com, www.newspapers.com - Battle Creek Enquirer 6 December 1944
Photo source: Ralph Peeters & www.ancestry.com - Karla Fales