- SURNAME
Rabe
- FORENAME
Harry William
- UNIT
503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company D)
- RANK
Staff Sergeant
- NUMBER
33055146
- DATE OF DEATH
20th April 1945
- AGE
28
- GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot Row Grave
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 22.01.1917 Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, USA
father Harry Ellsworth Rabe (1889-1968)
mother Mattie Martha Rabe (1890-1976)
1 year college
civil occupation Athletes, sports instructors & sport officials
employed by Ellis Johnson, 410 Marlborough Road, Brookyln, Kings County, New York
resided 436 Centre Street, Mauch Chuck, Carbon County, Pennsylvania (draft card)
16.10.1940 draft card Mauch Chunk, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
single with dependents upon enlistment
12.05.1941 entered service Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
07.1944 WIA
08.1944 released from Hospital
24.02.1945 Bronze Star Medal (awarded posthumously)
KIA Negros Island, Philippines
DATE OF DEATH:
20-Apr-1945AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/rabe-harry-william.60878/CITATION:
Bronze Star : For heroic achievement in connection with military operation against the enemy, on Corregidor, Philippine Islands, Feb 24, 1945. Sgt. Rabe was leading his squad on a patrol west of ------------- when it was ambushed and pinned down by heavy enemy fire. Sgt. Rabe was wounded by grenade fragments early in the action. Disregarding his wounds he maintained complete control of the squad and withdrew his men at the proper time to the beach for evacuation by boat. While aboard the landing craft Sgt. Rabe refused medical aid, insisting that the limited medical supplies be used in treatment of other wounded men. Sgt Rabe's courageous and skillful leadership enabled him to extricate his squad from a very difficult position and is in keeping with the highest traditions of the service.
FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56768645/harry-william-rabe
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