Harold Stephen Knight enlisted in the Army in May 1943. He was killed in action in France while serving with an anti-aircraft division in the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II.
Submitted by Virginia Knight Nelson
462nd Anti Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Battery B
Buried at Buttram Cemetery, Dayton, TN
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 13 December 1923
- Date of death: 28 July 1944
- County: Rhea
- Hometown: Dayton
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 462nd Anti Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Battles: Normandy Campaign
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Buttram Cemetery, Dayton, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XVI, Top Panel
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