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PFC Harold A DeGrasse

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PFC Harold A DeGrasse Veteran

Birth
South Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
Death
6 Apr 1945 (aged 21)
Burial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
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Harold A. DeGrasse of Windsor, Vermont, was the son of Charles and Lottie (Herrick) DeGrasse. He was born May 3, 1923 in South Royalton, Vermont.

He was first reported missing in action in Germany. On April 16 his family received word that he had been killed in action April 6, 1945. He served with the 301st Infantry, 94th Division. He is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery in Limburg, Netherlands.

He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.

He was predeceased by his mother, and survived by brothers, Ernest, Walter, Melvin, Alfred, and Charles, and sisters, Margaret, Evelyn Mrs. Charlotte Shepard and Mrs. Victor LaCourse.
Harold A. DeGrasse of Windsor, Vermont, was the son of Charles and Lottie (Herrick) DeGrasse. He was born May 3, 1923 in South Royalton, Vermont.

He was first reported missing in action in Germany. On April 16 his family received word that he had been killed in action April 6, 1945. He served with the 301st Infantry, 94th Division. He is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery in Limburg, Netherlands.

He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.

He was predeceased by his mother, and survived by brothers, Ernest, Walter, Melvin, Alfred, and Charles, and sisters, Margaret, Evelyn Mrs. Charlotte Shepard and Mrs. Victor LaCourse.

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Vermont.



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  • Maintained by: Daystcat
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56298077/harold_a-degrasse: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Harold A DeGrasse (3 May 1923–6 Apr 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56298077, citing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands; Maintained by Daystcat (contributor 47457318).