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Personal info

Full name
MCDILL, Harry Michael
Date of birth
22 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Paola, Miami County, Kansas
Hometown
Fontana, Miami County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37725007
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Le Tholy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 29 9

Immediate family

Members
Theodore E. McDill (father)
Rosa A. (Goodeyon) McDill (mother)
Ernest Vandewalle (stepfather)

More information

Pvt Harry M. McDill attended high school for four years and was employed by the St. Louis - San Francisco Railroad Co. before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 23 October 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy