SGT Harry Pope Hamilton was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia on 4 Sep 1919 to John Andrew and Mamie W. (Garner) Hamilton. The family farmed.
Harry was working as a machine operator in the construction industry when he was drafted in May 1941. After his training he was assigned to A Company 116th Infantry and may have traveled with them to England in September 1942. He trained with the unit for the amphibious assault in England and was killed on 6 Jun 1944 in the D-Day landings on Omaha beach.
SGT Hamilton is buried in the Normandy American Cemetery.
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