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North High School Wall of Honor
Harry Devotie Alvord
Class of January, 1929

Harry Devotie
Alvord

Research done by Claradell Shedd, Class of 1953. PAGE IN PROGRESS

Harry Devotie Alvord

Harry graduated in the January, 1929 North High class. He enlisted at the Memorial Armory, East First Street, Des Moines, IA. His service number was 37692421. Harry's next of kin was listed as his father, Harvey Clyde Alvord, 1538 4th Street, Des Moines, IA.

Harry Devotie Alvord

Year		Rank		Status

January, 1929	x	Graduated	x	Graduated from North High School, Des Moines, IA.
about 1939	x	Family	x	Married Thelma Irene Bennett. Thelma died November 4, 1998.
about 1940	x	Family	x	Living at 1538 4th Street, Des Moines, IA.
1940	x	Employment	x	Clerk at Ice Company, Des Moines, IA.
November 1, 1940	x	Family	x	Son David born.
March 20, 1944	x	US Army	x	Entered US Army, Camp Dodge, Des Moines, IA, until March 23, 1946.
January 31, 1945- March 18, 1946	x	Overseas	x	US Army. Staff Sergeant. Overseas (Hickam Field, Hawaii) from January 31, 1945 until March 18, 1946.
September 27, 1947	x	Family	x	Son Gary Lynn born.
March 23, 1946	x	Military	x	US Army. Discharged.
1949	x	Family	x	Living at 4025 11th Street, Des Moines, IA.
May 17, 1950	x	Family	x	Son Mark born.
February 20 , 1980	x	Family	x	Deceased Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA.
aft February 20, 1980	x	Family	x	Interred at Highland Memory Gardens, Des Moines, IA. Find-A-Grave Memorial #63509470

Headquarters, Central Pacific Base Command
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Hawaiian Artillery Command
After 1 August 1944, its Pacific Division consisted of three wings, theWest Coast Wing with headquarters in California, the Central Pacific Wingwith headquarters at Hickam Field, Hawaii, and the Southwest Pacific Wing,which had headquarters first at Brisbane, then at Hollandia, and in 1945 in the Philippines.

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References

(1) Information was obtained from the Records on Military Personnel Who Died, were Missing in Action, or Prisoners of War as a result of the Vietnam War. This document can be found online at the National Archives and Records Administration at http://www.archives.gov/.

(2) The comprehensive list of names from North High's 1893-2018 graduation classes are from Claradell Shedd's North Des Moines High School website. The names of North High School graduates can be found online at: http://www.ndmhs.com/. Harry Devotie Alvord's 1929 class page is: http://www.ndmhs.com/pages/yearclass1929.html.

Died 02/20/80.

Music: "Wind Beneath My Wings"