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Personal info

Full name
HITCHENS, Harold Thomas
Date of birth
5 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware
Hometown
Penns Grove, Salem County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32205466
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Armorer
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 October 1944
Place of death
Moncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 32

Immediate family

Members
Richard G. Hitchens (father)
Lillie M. (Marvel) Hitchens (mother)
William I. Hitchens (brother)
Margaret H. Hitchens (sister)
Randal G. Hitchens (brother)
Allen M. Hitchens (brother)
Olive H. (Dye) Hitchens (wife)
Lynn B. Hitchens (daughter)

More information

T/5 Harold T. Hitchens attended high school for three years and was a fireman before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 28 January 1942.

Shortly before his battalion left the Bois de Moncourt, he suffered a fatal head injury from the explosion of an artillery shell which also claimed the life of Pfc George E. Nolan. The shell exploded without warning.

T/5 Hitchens was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Myers Cook Family Tree / 1920, 1950 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Marshall and Mary McIntyre, Delaware Public Archives