Sioux County

Pfc. Harris Hove

 

MEMORIAL SERVICES SUNDAY AT TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH

Memorial services will be held at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Hawarden at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon for Corp. Lloyd Witt, who was killed in action in Germany December 5, 1944, and for Pfc. Harris Hove, who was killed in action in Germany March 20. Rev. C. A. Burkart will be in charge of the services.  Corp. Witt was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Witt and Pfc. Hove was a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hove of Hawarden. 

Source: Hawarden Independent, Thursday, May 3, 1945

Harris Milo Hove was born Mar. 6, 1924 to Conrad J. and Ella Hove. He died Mar. 20, 1945 and is buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium.

Pvt. Hove served in World War II with the U.S. Army 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division and was KIA in Germany and awarded the Purple Heart.

Source: abmc.gov; fieldsofhonor data base