PVT Harvey Joseph Baril was born 14 Oct 1922 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Adrian Joseph and Eva (Poisant) Baril. His father was an assembler at a typewriter plant and, later, as a watchman for the W.P.A. His mother died in 1933.
Harvey was drafted in December 1942. Assigned to C Company 116th Infantry on D-Day, PVT Baril was killed in action 24 Jun 1944 after being struck by fragments from an artillery shell.
His younger brother, Arthur Joseph Baril, was drafted in April 1943 and served for the rest of the war.
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