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Spraguer, Harold Junior

Date of birth:
October 21st, 1919 (Boone County/Nebraska, USA)
Date of death:
September 22nd, 1944 (the Netherlands)
Buried on:
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Plot: B. Row: 7. Grave: 13.
Service number:
32597497
Nationality:
American

Biography

Harold Junior Spraguer. Private HQ Company 327th Glider Infantry Regiment. Son of Roy Clyde Spraguer (1891-1947) and Martha M. ‘Nan’ Sellers Spraguer (1894-1992). He attended Hackensack High School and worked at Maywood Chemical Works. He enlisted on 5 December 1942 in Newark, New Jersey. Harold Spraguer was killed in action on 22 September 1944 during Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private
Unit:
327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
Purple Heart

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