Name:
Harold Eugene Waltemeyer
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
37668557
Unit:
194th Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division
Date of Death:
1944-12-12
State:
Iowa
Cemetery:
Prairie View Cemetery, Gilman, Iowa
Plot:
Plat 4, Lot 35
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Harold Eugene Waltemeyer, 20 years of age, was born on October 8, 1924 in Melbourne, Marshall County, Iowa. He was the son of Clair Elbert Waltemeyer and Helen Irene Hite Waltemeyer. Harold was one of the 33 service members who were killed on site when a Horsa glider crashed on tookoff on December 12, 1944 at Greenham Common Airbase, England. He is now buried in the Prairie View Cemetery, Gilman, Marshall County, Iowa, USA.