Date of birth:

August 11th, 1917 (Evart, Osceola County, Michigan - USA)

Date of death:

December 5th, 1942

Nationality:

American

Private Harold E. Graber, United States Army, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company E, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32d Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on 5 December 1942, during the Papuan Campaign in New Guinea.
Harold E. Graber, from Co. E, 126th, was killed when he attacked an enemy strongpoint while firing a light machine gun from the hip.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Private

Unit:

Company E, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division "Red Arrow", U.S. Army

For action performed on 5 December 1942 in Buna/Oro Province, Papua New Guinea.

Headquarters, South West Pacific Area, General Orders No. 1 (1943).
Posthumously awarded. Citation unavailable.

• - Blakeley, H.W., The 32nd Infantry Division – In world War II, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 2000
  - U.S. Army Center of Military History
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  - http://www.32nd-division.org/history/ww2/dsc-ww2/DSC-32ww2.html