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Name: Harry Walter Foote Rank: Second Lieutenant Service Number: 39900189 (at enlistment), O-2006449 (officer) Service: Company C, 41st Tank Battalion, 11th Armored Division, US Army Awards: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart Date of Birth: May 13, 1921 Place of Birth: Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho Date of Enlistment: October 14, 1942 Place of Enlistment: Boise, Ada County, Idaho Address at Enlistment: Gooding County, Idaho Age at Enlistment: 21 Height: 5 feet, 11 inches Complexion: Light Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Brown Occupation: Employer: C E Foote (brother) Next of Kin: Charles W. Foote (father) Date of Death: March 20, 1945 Age: 23 Cemetery: Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg Grave: Plot H, Row 7, Grave 53 Harry Walter Foote was the son of Charles Warren Foote (1876-1951) and Clara Edna (Rockwell) Foote (1875-1962), both born in Nova Scotia, Canada. He was the brother of Kenneth Douglas Foote (1910- 1997), Charles Ellsworth Foote (1912-2000), Mildred Elizabeth (Foote) Bills (1914-2009), and Ralph Edgar Foote (1918-1992). He also had a half-sister, Velora Crawford Foote Timms (1899-2001). He was the husband of Rena Lucille (Hopper) Foote, later Sheppeard (1922-2018). His mother was born in Lakeville, Kings County, Nova Scotia. His father was born in Halls Harbour in Kings Co., NS. His brother Ralph enlisted in the US Navy on September 23, 1942. He served as a Chief Petty Officer (Service No. 5629708) including service on the aircraft carrier USS Manila Bay (CVE-61), a Casablanca- class escort carrier. Harry graduated from high school, and married Rena Hopper at 9 a.m. on April 19, 1942. In October, he enlisted in the Army as a Private and went on to serve with the 41st Tank Battalion, 11th Armored Division, known as the Thunderbolt Division. On January 31, 1945, 3 former Staff Sergeants, Joseph P. Dubicki, Max Ready, and Harry W. Foote, received battlefield commissions as Second Lieutenants. Battalion formation was held, and the commissions were presented to the new officers by the Division Commander, Brig. General Kilburn. In 1945, he was also awarded the Bronze Star, and Silver Star. The Silver Star, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the 11th Armored Division. On the morning of March 20, 1945, the tank carrying Lieutenant Harry W. Foote and his gunner, Corporal Daniel B. Buckley, both of Company C, was struck by a bazooka shell, resulting in their deaths. On March 20th the 41st Tank Battalion was operating in Germany as part of Combat Command B (CCB) of the 11th Armored Division, advancing under Patton’s Third Army. The battalion was pushing eastward through Bavaria in the final stages of the European campaign. Second Lieutenant Harry Walter Foote was interred at the Luxembourg American Cemetery in Luxembourg. He is also remembered on a marker at the Wendell Cemetery in his hometown of Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho.