World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Jonathan H. Harwood, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Honored By
Mrs. Elizabeth Harwood Wood
Relationship
Sister
293rd Signal Company, attached to the 2nd Ranger Battalion. Led his men, under fire, up 100-foot cliff at Pointe Du Hoc; then directed a naval bombardment of the German position which commanded the Normandy beaches. Killed when a shell hit a concrete gun emplacement near him. He was awarded the Silver Star.