Harding Eddie Wayne

Monuments

Ranger Names Plaque - Pointe du Hoc

Name:

Eddie Wayne Harding

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

36430934

Unit:

2nd Ranger Battalion

Date of Death:

1944-06-06

State:

Illinois

Cemetery:

Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Comments:

Eddie Wayne Harding was born on September 28, 1924, in Tolono, Champaign County, Illinois. He had two years of high school and was single without dependents upon enlistment. He enlisted in Peoria, Illinois, on October 12, 1942.

Eddie served in Company C, 2nd Ranger Battalion, as a PFC during World War II. He was declared MIA on June 6, 1944, at Pointe de la Percée, during the American assault on Omaha beach in France. PFC Harding is memorialized on Tablets of the Missing, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.