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Personal info

Full name
WRAY, Harold Claude "Huck"
Date of birth
26 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33421608
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
817th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Near Schmidt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 14 32

Immediate family

Members
Frank M. Wray (father)
Ellen M. (Markby) Wray (mother)
William Wray (brother)
Helen Wray (sister)
Dorothy Wray (sister)
Marjorie Wray (sister)
Walter Wray (brother)
Charles Wray (brother)
Carl Wray (brother)
Robert Wray (brother)
Liefa N. (Corbett) Wray (wife)
David H. Wray (son)

More information

Pfc Harold C. Wray graduated from Kitanning High School in 1941. During his school days he was active in sports, playing on the high school football team.

He was employed by the Dravo Construction Corporation.

On 16 May 1942, he was married to Liefa Corbett.

He enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 20 January 1943 and was sent overseas service in July 1943.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Erwin Derhaag, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.footnote.com, www.ancestry.com - Wray Family Tree, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, Newspaper article

Photo source: www.footnote.com, Kittanning High School - Kit Han Ne Yearbook (Kittanning, PA) - Class of 1941