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Harry Foard

First Name: 
Harry
Middle Name: 
Black
Last Name: 
Foard
Date of Birth: 
10/4/1920
Birthplace: 
Charlotte, NC

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died of burns received in action on the USS Curtis in Okinawa Bay on June 21, 1945. He was being transported on a Navy Hospital ship to Guam and died en route. On July 2, he was buried in the Army, Navy and Marine Cemetery No. 2 on Guam, Plot C, Row 34, Grave 12. Memorial service held at Hawthorne Lane Meth. Church on 9-2-45.

Age at Death: 24

Image Source: Charlotte Observer 7-21-45

Personal Details

Education Details: 
Charlotte schools
Biographical Notes: 
Bermuda Base Construction Co., Bermuda
Family Details: 

Mrs. Betty Hawkins Braswell Foard, married July 7, 1941 - 920 W. Trade St., Charlotte, NC Harry B. Foard, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Foard - 1715 Club Rd., Charlotte, NC Edison G. Foard - Charlotte, NC, Ernest C. Foard - Charlotte, NC, John W. Foard - Columbia, SC, Mrs. E. M. Jamison - Charlotte, NC, Mrs. Emma Ritch - Raleigh, NC, Mrs. J. Frank (Kathleen) Harkey - Charlotte, NC, Seldon J. Foard - Knoxville, TN, Winford L. Foard - Morganton, NC, Z. Frank Foard - Wilmington, NC Jimmy Foard, USS Fair - nephew

Military Details

Military Rank: 
Photographers Mate 3/c
Military Unit: 
USS Curtis, V Div.
KIA Date: 
6/25/1945
MIA Date: 
NA
KIA / MIA Place: 
Okinawa, Japan
Military Details: 
Gilbert Islands, Great Lakes Naval Training School, IL, Pleasanton, CA, San Francisco, CA, Marianas Islands, Marshall Islands, Okinawa
Awards: 
Certificate, Purple Heart
Source: 

Newsprint and family information

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