Harold B. McCormick

Company B 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 07/09/1944

Harold B. McCormick was born in Illinois on January 7, 1919.
His religion was listed as Protestant.

His Army serial number indicates he enlisted in the Army prior to the Selective Service Act of 1940.

The application for his grave marker indicates he entered the Army on June 20, 1940.

He was married on February 5, 1943.

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal as a Private in Company B, in Headquarters 22nd Infantry
General Orders Number 14, dated December 31, 1943.

Sergeant Harold B. McCormick was killed in action in France, in the vicinity of La Maugerie,
on July 9, 1944.

Press release for the award of the Bronze Star Medal to Harold B. McCormick.
His name is at the bottom.

From U.S., War Department, Press Releases and Related Records, 1942-1945 Box 11: B 125 - B 424
via Ancestry.com

Decorations of Harold B. McCormick

Harold B. McCormick was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Sainte Mere-Eglise #2 at Carentan, France and some time later
his remains were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in Illinois.

Burial:
Park Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum
Bloomington
McLean County
Illinois, USA
Plot: M-245-2

Grave marker for Harold B. McCormick

Photo by Jim & Lori Rowe from the Find A Grave website

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