Harlie John Daniel Bodine was born 31 October 1913, Meigs County, Tennessee
Enlisted – 22 July 1940 Ft. Benning, GA
Died – 31 July 1944 Normandy, France
Buried – 1944, Saint Laurent, Normandy, France, H, 13, 34
Harline Bodine served as Pvt in Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Division.
He was the son of John Daniel and Norah Jane Ray Bodine. Husband of Hazel Wilhelmine Doran and father of Harlie Bodine III.
The Chattanooga Daily Times, August 23, 1944
Reported killed in action was Pvt. Harlie J.D. Bodine Jr. Mrs. Wilhelmena Bodine, 1917 Dodds Avenue, wife of Pvt. Bodine was notified by the War Department yesterday that her husband had been killed in action in France on July 31. He had been overseeas for 20 months and had served in North Africa, Sicily and France. He is the father of one son, Harlie J.D. Bodine III.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 31 October 1913
- Date of death: 31 July 1944
- County: Roane
- Hometown: Harriman
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Battles: Normandy Campaign
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XVII, Top Panel
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