PARAMARINES Eastland, Harry Goranson, Jr.

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Eastland​

• FORENAME

Harry Goranson, Jr.​

• UNIT

1st Parachute Battalion (Parachute School)​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

527079​

• DATE OF DEATH

24th April 1943​

• AGE

18​

• GRAVESITE

Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 21.02.1925, Norwich, Connecticut, USA​

father Harry Goranson Eastland (1877-1959)​

mother Ruth H. Eastland (1893-1938)​

1942 graduated Wheeler School​

employed as apprentice machinist at Electric Boat Company​

31.12.1942 entered service​

Accidental death, New River, North Carolina (during Parachute Jump)​

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