- SURNAME
Harrison
- FORENAME
Hurshell Edward
- UNIT
3 Bn (Orange Combat Team)
- RANK
Sergeant
- NUMBER
15040942
- AWARD
Bronze Star,Purple Heart
- PLACE
Burma 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Floyd County,Kentucky
born 21.12.1923 Betsy Layne,Kentucky (1921 in enlistment)
son of Ethel Lee Rosenfield and Bob King (Ethel later married James Adolphus Harrison)
farm hand in civilian life
enlisted 11.7.1940 Fort Thomas,Newport,Kentucky
WIA 16.6.1944 Burma
475 Infantry Regiment (Company I,3 Bn) (Staff Sergeant) 1944-45
served in Korean War
achieved rank of Technical Sergeant
married Frances (Fay) Gartel (1912-94)
died June 1978 Bristol,Virginia
East Lawn Memorial Park,Kingsport,Sullivan County,Tennessee
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