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Personal info

Full name
BALL, Harold J
Date of birth
16 March 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32342921
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
Radio Electrician
Unit
HQ & HQ Battery,
489th Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Westenfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 1 6

Immediate family

Members
Moses C. Ball (father)
Susan (McConnell) Ball (mother)
Harry C. Ball (brother)
John Ball (brother)
Kenneth Ball (brother)
Edmond Ball (brother)
Marselles C. Ball (brother)
Edith Ball (sister)

More information

Harold J. Ball attended high school for three years and was a foreman.

He enlisted on 25 May 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island in New York.

He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal postumously for distinguishing himself by meritorious service in connection with military operations against an eneny of the United States in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany, from 11 August to 31 March 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1900/1920 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, www.bklyn.newspaper.com - Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 9 May 1945, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: Peter Schouteten