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Personal info

Full name
MILLS, Howard Irwin
Date of birth
16 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Greenwood, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31031721
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 67

Immediate family

Members
Melville D. Mills (father)
Florence P. (Cheever) Mills (mother)
Ruth E. Mills (sister)
Frederick B. Mills (brother)
Lawrence W. Mills (brother)
Winnifred F. Mills (sister)
Charles W. Mills (brother)

More information

Pvt Howard I. Mills was a mechanic and repairman before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 March 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

His brother Charles W. Mills is buried in at Sicily Rome American Cemetery in Italy.

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 / Brian Mills Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
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