 1916 - 1945 (29 years)
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| Name |
Harry Thomas McKenzie |
| Birth |
1916 |
Maryland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
18 Apr 1945 |
Netherlands |
| Notes |
- Harry T. MCKENZIE was born about 1916. He died on 18 Apr 1945 in Holland. Killed - T-Cpl. Harry T. McKenzie, 29, of Frostburg, in Germany, April 18. Cpl. McKenzie was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Noah McKenzie of Big Savage Mountain, near Frostburg. He is reported to have been killed in a vehicular accident. He served with a Post Office unit in the Ninth Army. A former employe of the Potomac Edison Company, Cpl. McKenzie was inducted into the Army September 4, 1942, and went overseas in February, 1944. He was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church. Besides his parents, Cpl. McKenzie is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Norman McKenzie, Leo McKenzie, both of Garrett County; Clinton McKenzie, Cresaptown; Cpl. Stanley McKenzie and Pvt. Cobey McKenzie, both attached to the Field Artillery in Germany; Mrs. Henry Spiker, Midland; Mrs. Bertha Garlitz, Mrs. Mabel Rush, both of Garrett County; Miss Pearl McKenzie, at home. The Cumberland Evening Times, May 7, 1945
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Frostburg, July 11 — Details of the death of Sgt. Harry T. McKenzie, son of Mrs. Inez McKenzie, Route 2, Frostburg, were received recently from Lieut. Col. Stephen P. Kenney, Army Corps chaplain. He told Mrs. McKenzie her son died of injuries received in a truck accident in Holland. He met his death, the letter stated, about ftve o'clock in the afternon of April 18, 1945. He and another man left the unit area in a truck for assignment in connection with their duties. The following morning they had not returned. A search party was dispatched to cover the roads the men would have traveled. The wrecked truck was located but there was no trace of the two men. Every hospital in the area was contacted. In the course of this checkup it was learned that Sgt. McKenzie had succumbed at a military hospital, where he was taken after the accident. The Rev. Father Kenney stated that no details of the accident have so far been ascertained. He informed Mrs. McKenzie that her son was buried April 23 in a single grave which was blessed prior to his interment, in a military cemetery, near Margraten, Holland, with the complete burial rites of the Catholic church. Before his induction into military service, McKenzie was employed by the Frostburg branch of the Potomac Edison Company. The Cumberland Evening Times, July 11, 1945
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| Person ID |
I02248 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Father |
Noah Sylvester McKenzie, b. 4 Sep 1869, Maryland d. 29 May 1948, Frostburg, Garrett County, Maryland (Age 78 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Inez Mary Minnick, b. Jun 1884, Maryland d. 3 Mar 1962, Berkley Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia (Age ~ 77 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
2 Feb 1903 |
Allegany County, Maryland |
| Family ID |
F01275 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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