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Personal info

Full name
HUNTINGTON, George Herbert
Date of birth
3 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31337769
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Dieuze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 41 22

Immediate family

Members
Ellsworth Huntington (father)
Rachel B. (Slocum) Huntington (mother)
Charles E. Huntington (brother)
Anna S. Huntington (sister)

More information

Pfc George H. Huntington attended high school for four years before he enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 26 July 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his neck.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / Megan Dovell Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division

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