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Personal info

Full name
HARSH, Meredith Ardell
Date of birth
6 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio
Hometown
Alger, Hardin County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35630236
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
387th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wallendorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Jesse Williams (stepfather)
Ester Williams (mother)
Carl Williams (half-brother)
Daniel Williams (half-brother)
Ellen M. (Daniels) Harsh (wife)

More information

T/5 Meredith A. Harsh attended high school for two years and was a chauffeur.

He enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 23 March 1943 and was sent overseas in April 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards / Family Tree / www.newspapers.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – soilsister