HARRY BELL LAUNIUS, JR.

The Citadel Class of:	1946
Cadet Company:	A (Source: Sphinx 1943)
Age:	19
Born:	17-Jun-25
Hometown:	Monroe, Walton County, Georgia
Family:	Harry B. Launius (father), Sallie Nash Waddell Evans Launius (mother)
Rank:	Private First Class
Branch of Service:	U.S. Army
Servicenumber:	34826389
Entered the Service from:	Georgia
Function:	not available
Regiment:	302nd Infantry Regiment
Battalion:	3rd
Division:	94th Infantry Division
Company:	L
Unit:	not available
Date of death:	27-Jan-45
Status:	KIA
Place of death:	Nennig, Germany
Spot:	not available
Awards:	Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Gravenumber:	Plot H Row 5 Grave 14
Cemetery:	Luxembourg American Cemetery
Biography:	not available
Other information:	Harry B Launius Jr. honoree of the Memorial Library. Harry was a typical solider serving in WWII. He graduated with honors from Monroe High School in 1942. He spent a year at The Citadel before joining the Army in 1943. He was sent over-seas in the summer of ’44 and was killed in January of 1945. The news came to his family in four separate wires. The first reported that he was missing; the second said he was found alive, the third said he was missing then the fourth confirmed his death at just 20 years of age. – Source: Historic Downtown Wellness Walk Monroe, brochure, p. 3.  “On the Way: The Story of the 94th Infantry Division” is a small booklet covering the history of the 94th Infantry Division. This booklet is one of the series of G.I. Stories published by the Stars & Stripes in Paris in 1944-1945.

Sources: American Battle Monuments Commission, The Citadel Archive & Museum, Mike Stannard ’65, Ancestry.com, monroedowntown.com, Find a Grave.com

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