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Hoard, Harold Harvey |
| Birth |
5 Feb 1916 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
HOAR.H002 |
| _FGRAVE |
3778045 |
| Military Service |
World War II, Fire Controlman Third Class, United States Navy [2, 3] |
- Served as a Fire Controlman 3rd Class. Killed in action on April 16, 1945. Earned The Purple Heart Medal and was eligible for The American Campaign Medal, The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and The WWII Victory Medal. Buried with honors at Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii. Honored also at the WWII Memorial in Flora, Illinois.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1900110
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Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007
On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans.
Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event.
This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. … |
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Military Service Ribbons, Hoard, Harold Harvey
Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
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World War II Honoree, Hoard, Harold Harvey (1916-1945)
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American Campaign Medal, United States
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Harold Harvey Hoard (1916-1945)
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
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American Campaign Medal, United States Military
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Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
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United States Navy
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Fire Controlman 3rd Class (FC3c), United States Navy, World War II
This insignia was worn on the Left Sleeve of the uniform
Source: https://www.uniform-reference.net/insignia/insignia_index.html
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United States Navy Enlisted Rates
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Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
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World War II
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United States Navy
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World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
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World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
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United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959)
In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,… |
| Death |
16 Apr 1945 [1, 4] |
| Cause: Killed in Action |
| Burial |
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii  [1] |
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Headstone, Hoard, Harold Harvey
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National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Headstone, Hoard, Harold Harvey
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Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii
The Honolulu Memorial is located within the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in an extinct volcano near the center of Honolulu, Hawaii.
On either side of the grand stairs leading to the memorial are eight courts of the missing on which are inscribed the names of the 18,095 American World War II missing from the Pacific, excluding… |
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Headstone, Hoard, Harold Harvey
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| Person ID |
I43033 |
Carl Wayne Gray Research |
| Last Modified |
23 Jun 2023 |
English
1916 - 1945 (29 years)
