WW2 Aachen Fallen - Silver Star hero Bernard Haring, 1st Infantry Division

Silver Star hero Sgt. Bernard Haring served in the 1st Infantry Division from North Africa to Aachen.
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Bernard F. Haring never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.

If you have enjoyed reading the stories of the WW2 fallen, Can you help write some stories? It's a big project. The more help, the better.  Announcing "The Stories Behind the Stars", see https://www.storiesbehindthestars.org. This crowd-sourced national project has the goal of compiling stories of all 400,000+ of the US World War 2 fallen in one free-to-access central database.  Anyone visiting a war memorial or gravesite will be able to scan the name of the fallen with a smartphone and his story will appear on the phone.

Bernard was born on May 16, 1920 in Piermont, New York. His parents Charles and Margaret were born in New York and Ireland, respectively. His father worked as a gardener and later as a coal laborer. Bernard had one older brother and a sister. By 1940 he had completed two years of high school and was working as a plumber's helper. He was still living at home.

He was drafted into the army in May 1942. He reached the rank of sergeant in Company A, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. Sgt. Haring was with the 1st ID from the start of their action in World War II. He fought in North Africa, Sicily, and landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day. A contemporary newspaper printed that, in June 1944, Sgt. Haring was awarded a Purple Heart and the Silver Star. I was not able to find the citation.

Sgt. Haring was with his unit in September when it crossed the Germany border and laid siege to the city of Aachen. To save the city from becoming a battlefield, the German commander decided that he would surrender the city to the Allies. However, before he could follow through, he was ordered to counterattack American forces entering the southwest sector of the city. Sgt. Haring was killed on September 13, 1944, the date of the German counterattack.

His grave is at Rockland Cemetery in Sparkill, New York.

Thank you Sgt. Haring for your sacrifice. Let's Earn It for Bernard.

Last year on this date I profiled tank platoon leader David Gebbie, 760th Tank Battalion. You can read about David here.

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