Harry C. Love

Company B 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

DOW 12/01/1944

Harry Charles Love was born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on March 18, 1914.

Prior to entering military service he was employed by E.B. Lemley Maufacturer's Light & Heat Company
at Groveton, Pennysylvania.

He was drafted into the Army on January 7, 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His home of residence
was listed as Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He had completed grammar school and was married.
His religion was listed as Protestant.

He was assigned to Company B as a Private from the 4th Infantry Division replacement pool
on August 2, 1944.

He was promoted to Private First Class on October 7, 1944.

Private First Class Love was seriously wounded in action in Germany on November 17, 1944
during the first day of participation by the 22nd Infantry in the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest.

Above: The entry for Harry C. Love in the casualty lists of the 22nd Infantry for the month of November 1944
noting that he was Seriously Wounded In Action (SWA).

He died of his wounds on December 1, 1944 at the 51st Field Hospital at Roetgen, Germany.

Decorations of Harry C. Love

Harry C. Love was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Henri-Chapelle Cemetery, Eupen, Belgium and some time later
his remains were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in Pennsylvania.

Burial:
Butler County Memorial Park & Mausoleum
Butler
Butler County
Pennsylvania

Grave marker for Harry C. Love

Photo by Gail Slater from the Find A Grave website

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