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Personal info

Full name
HARVEY, Edward Gordon
Date of birth
17 February 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Pauline, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Hometown
Pacolet, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34656771
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
Saarlouis, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 5 78

Immediate family

Members
Robert A. Harvey (father)
Fannie E. (West) Harvey (mother)
Robert P. Harvey (brother)
Furman D. Harvey (brother)
Jeanette Harvey (sister)

More information

Pfc Edward G. Harvey attended high school for one year before he enlisted at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 25 May 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire to the chest.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery