Sumrall Harrel B.

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Harrel B. Sumrall is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Asan Bay Guam Landing Memorial Wall

Name:

Harrel B. Sumrall

Rank:

Corporal

Serial Number:

500888

Unit:

3rd Marine Regiment

Date of Death:

1944-07-21

State:

Mississippi

Cemetery:

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Harrel B. Sumrall was born in 1924, in Sumrall, Lamar County, Mississippi. He was the son of Barney Sumrall and Rosa Lee Holmes Sumrall.

He served in the Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a Corporal during World War II. While he was assisting two hospital corpsmen in administering plasma to a wounded man, a mortar shell exploded nearby, causing instant death to all four in the group. He was Killed in Action on July 21, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.