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| Pvt. Jared landed with the 1st Infantry Division on D-Day and was killed one week later. slider-normandy--980x401.jpg The D-Day Atlas, pg 109 |
Harold M. Jared never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on November 24, 1917 in Illinois. His father James was also born in Illinois while his mother Eva was born in Indiana. His father worked as a farm laborer and later as a farm manager. James Jared died in 1935. Harold had two older brothers, two older sisters, a twin sister, and a younger brother. He married Mildred Cork on May 31, 1941.
He enlisted in the army on September 1, 1943.
He was a private in Company A, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. Pvt. Jared was not with the 1st ID when it first engaged the enemy in North Africa and Sicily. He was almost certainly with his unit when it landed on Omaha Beach near the end of the day on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Over the next week, the 1st ID advanced 23 miles to Caumont. Pvt. Jared was killed on June 13 while fighting in the Normandy hedgerows.
His grave is at Marshall Cemetery in Illinois. I don't know what happened to his widow.
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