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Michael, Harry J., 2LT.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Benton
Last Address Milford, Indiana
Casualty Date Mar 14, 1945
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Germany
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Violett Cemetery - Goshen, Indiana
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)
From Month/Year
March / 1945
To Month/Year
May / 1945
Description (Central Europe Campaign 22 March to 11 May 1945) Following the Battle of the Bulge the Allies had pushed through to the Rhine. On 22 March 1945 they began their assault across the river, and by I April the Ruhr was encircled. Armored columns raced across Germany and into Austria and Czechoslovakia. On 25 April, the day American and Russian forces met on the Elbe, strategic bombing operations came to an end. Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 and operations officially came to an end the following day, although sporadic actions continued on the European front until 11 May.