Hoard, Harold Harvey

1916 - 1945  (29 years)

• Name	Hoard, Harold Harvey
  Birth	5 Feb 1916  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	HOAR.H002
  _FGRAVE	3778045
  Military Service	World War II, Fire Controlman Third Class, United States Navy  [2, 3]
  	Served as a Fire Controlman 3rd Class. Killed in action on April 16, 1945. Earned The Purple Heart Medal and was eligible for The American Campaign Medal, The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and The WWII Victory Medal. Buried with honors at Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii. Honored also at the WWII Memorial in Flora, Illinois. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1900110
  		World War II Honoree, Hoard, Harold Harvey (1916-1945)
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Navy
  		United States Navy
  		Fire Controlman 3rd Class (FC3c), United States Navy, World War II This insignia was worn on the Left Sleeve of the uniform Source: https://www.uniform-reference.net/insignia/insignia_index.html
  		United States Navy Enlisted Rates
  		Military Service Ribbons, Hoard, Harold Harvey Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		Harold Harvey Hoard (1916-1945)
  Death	16 Apr 1945  [1, 4]
  	Cause: Killed in Action
  Burial	National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii   [1]
  	Plot: E, 23
  		Headstone, Hoard, Harold Harvey
  		Burial Flag, United States Military Veterans
  		Headstone, Hoard, Harold Harvey
  		National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
  		Headstone, Hoard, Harold Harvey
  Person ID	I43033	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S13353] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Hoard, Harold Harvey, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3778045/harold-harvey-hoard), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15404] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #4, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S14923] World War II Honoree, Harold Harvey Hoard, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1900110) (Reliability: 2). [S14920] http://www.wwiimemorial.com, National Archives & Records Administration Navy Department Files, Fire Controlman 3c Harold Harvey Hoard, (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque_wardept.aspx?honoreeID=1036980) (Reliability: 2).