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Personal info

Full name
POWERS, Henry Culver
Date of birth
20 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Patesville, Hancock County, Kentucky
Hometown
Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35838014
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
385th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Irrel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 4 47

Immediate family

Members
Samuel F. Powers (father)
Lula B. (Kincaid) Powers (mother)
Dorothea M. Powers (sister)
Mildred G. Powers (sister)
Mary L. (Black) Powers (wife)
Donald E. Powers (son)
Richard Powers (son)

More information

Pfc Henry C. Powers attended high school for three years and was a police officer before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 6 May 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Kentucky Birth Index, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-Journal - 3 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Owensboro Messenger - 9 May 1945