PFC Marvin Grover Harders Jr.
Born: 20 August 1922 – Berkley, Illinois
Parents: Marvin G. Harders Sr. & Ethel Hagerlin-Harders
Siblings: 2 sisters, 2 brothers
Hometown:
– Electric Avenue -Berkley, Illinois
Education:
– Sunnyside Grade School
– Proviso Township High School
– Graduating Class: 1941
Employment: Unemployed
Residence: 1542 North Long Avenue – Chicago, Illinois
Selective Service Registration: 26 June 1942
Contact Person: Ethel Harders – mother
Inducted:
– November 1942
– U.S. Army
Serial Number: 36623823
Training:
– Camp Marley
– Camp Swift, Texas
Unit: 405th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division
Overseas:
– Sailed: 12 September 1944
– Arrived: 23 September 1944 – Cherbourg, France
– hed a brief period of training
Engagements:
– 3 November 1944 – entered combat and took control of the area from Wurm to Waurichen along German-Netherlands boarder
– 29 November 1944 – launched an attack to Roer River
– the division captured Welz, Flossdorf, and Linnich, Germany
– 20 December 1944 – his unit was attached to British 21st Army Group
– Ardennes – Alsace Champaign
– also known as the Battle of the Bulge
Killed in Action:
– 22 December 1944
– hit by shrapnel while holding the defensive line against German advance during Battle of the Bulge
Buried: Netherlands American Cemetery – Martgarten, Limburg, Netherlands
– Plot: A Row: 19 Grave: 14
Medals: Purple Heart
Memorial Service:
– 20 May 1945
– Austin Lutheran Church, Chicago
