SSGT Harry Philip Peckham (1913-1944)

SSGT Harry Philip Peckham

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17 Feb 1913

Charlestown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA

Death

6 Jul 1944 (aged 31)

Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

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White Brook Cemetery

Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map

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Staff Sergeant Harry Philip Peckham, served 12th Infantry Company, Fourth Armored Division. Son of Philip Henry Peckham "Chief Night Hawk" and Clara Frances Perry Peckham. Two sisters: Mary E. Peckham Coggswell and Clara J. Peckham. He studied three years at Eastern Nazarene College. Staff Sergeant Peckham was the first World War II casualty from Charlestown, Rhode Island killed on D-Day in Normandy. He was a member of the Narragansett Indian Tribe.

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Clara Frances Perry Peckham

1889–1940

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