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Personal info

Full name
KIMBALL, Harry Wales
Date of birth
20 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Hopedale, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31433091
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 8 9

Immediate family

Members
Clifford Kimball (father)
Esther (Knights) Kimball (mother)
Lee Kimball (brother)
Stephen Kimball (brother)
William Kimball (brother)
Shirley Kimball (sister)
Martha Armitage (stepsister)
Marjorie (O'Neil) Kimball (wife)
Paul H. Kimball (son)

More information

Pfc Harry W. Kimball was employed by the Draper Corporation.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 18 July 1944 and was sent overseas six months later.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Marc van den Berkmortel via Dan Malloy (hope1842.com), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, 5thArmoredDivision, http://www.hope1842.com/kimballharry.html, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.hope1842.com/kimballharry.html