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Personal info

Full name
O'BRIEN, Harry James
Date of birth
28 April 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33333720
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
Near Achen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 45 23

Immediate family

Members
Harry O’Brien (father)
Josephine (Carroll) O’Brien (mother)
Mary C. O’Brien (sister)
John J. O’Brien (brother)
Margaret O’Brien (sister)
Hugh O’Brien (brother)

More information

Cpl Harry J. O’Brien enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 11 September 1942.

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 / Amberg Family Tree, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division

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