Name:
Harry Churchill Voorhees
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
Unit:
Date of Death:
1944-07-02
State:
California
Cemetery:
Golden Gate National Cemetery, California
Plot:
Section 2
Row:
Grave:
484
Decoration:
Comments:
Harry Churchill Voorhees was born on April 23, 1923. He served in the US Air Corps as a Private First Class and Radio Operator of an aircraft during World War II. He died on July 2, 1944 at the age of 21 and is now buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA. PFC Voorhees was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China but death date is inscribed as 1944-07-01.