PVT Harold Leroy Firestone (1923-1944)

PVT Harold Leroy Firestone Veteran

Birth

2 Jul 1923

Columbiana, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA

Death

8 Sep 1944 (aged 21)

Dornot, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France

Burial

Columbiana Cemetery

Columbiana, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA Show Map

Plot

Old Section 4, rows 9 & 10

Memorial ID

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PVT. Firestone, Robert Leroy
Service number: 35242467

Age: 21
Born: July 2, 1923, Columbiana, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA
Hometown: Columbiana, Ohio
Family:
Walter E Firestone (father)
Thelma Rosina (Roselena nee Mentzer) Firestone (mother)
Robert Earl Firestone (brother)
Donald James Firestone (brother)
Rebecca Ann Firestone/Harrold (sister)
Doris M Firestone (sister)
Becky A Firestone (sister)

Rank: Private
Function: Rifleman
Battalion: 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: B
Date of death: September 8, 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Dornot, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Spot: Not available
Awards / Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

Grave number: Old Section 4, rows 9 & 10
Cemetery: Columbiana Cemetery
Columbiana, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA

Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on February 23, 1944 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
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