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Personal info

Full name
HARDERS, Marvin Grover Jr
Date of birth
20 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Proviso, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Berkley, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36623823
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Near the Roer River, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 19 14

Immediate family

Members
Marvin G. Harders Sr. (father)
Ethel H. (Hagerlin) Harders (mother)
Virginia E. Harders (sister)
Gerald W. Harders (brother)
Raymond Harders (brother)
Dolores P. Harders (sister)

More information

Pfc Marvin G. Harders Jr. graduated from Proviso Township High School with class 1941.

He enlisted in November 1942.

He was killed by shrapnel.

Source of information: Tom Verheijden, Jim Opolony (Proviso East High School), Laura Phillips, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Cook County Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922

Photo source: Jim Opolony (Proviso East High School)