Friday, October 08, 2010
Remains Of WWII Soldier Buried In West Virginia
WEST VIRGINIA....
After 66 years, the remains of Army Pfc. Lawrence N. Harris, a young Elkins soldier who died fighting the Germans in France during World War II, were put to rest in his home state of West Virginia Friday afternoon when they were buried at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Pruntytown with full military honors. The remains were found in a gravesite for unknown soldiers in Belgium. On October 9, 1944, Harris and four other men were on a M-10 Tank Destroyer fighting to clear German forces from Parroy Forest near Luneville in northeastern France when the tank was struck by enemy fire in the final battle for control of the region. Harris was killed in the blast.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:51 AM 
