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PRIVATE
PATRICK CHARLES HARRIS was born to Charles H. and Lydia Harris in 1918. He had lived in Camden and Collingswood NJ, and by 1940 had taken
a job as a receiving clerk at the Sears-Roebuck Department Store at 1300
Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Camden NJ, and by 1940 had moved to 4508 Roosevelt
Avenue in nearby Pennsauken NJ
Inducted
into the United States Army in October of 1941, he initially served at
Fort Dix NJ. He was later sent to Savannah GA, where he took sick. He
died at Stark General Hospital in Charleston SC on June 3, 1942 at the
age of 24.
Patrick
Harris was survived by his parents, and a sister, Lydia Harris. He was
brought home to New Jersey, and buried at New Camden Cemetery in Camden
NJ..
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