Harry William Lusk
Graduating
Class of 1935
Served in
World War II
Captain
Harry William Lusk
Army
128th Infantry Regiment
Hometown
Harrisburg, PA
Date of Birth
Location of Death
Leyte, Philippines
Date of Death
Location of Burial
Longsdorf Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, PA
More About Captain Lusk
While at the university, Captain Lusk studied Accounting and participated in the ROTC, where he served as the Cadet Corps Second Lieutenant his senior year. He was a member of Beta Alpha Psi, Theta Kappa Nu, and Scabbard and Blade. After graduating from the university in 1935, he worked at the Union National Bank in Eau Claire.
Captain Lusk was a First Lieutenant in Officers Reserve when he joined Company C, 128th Infantry, at Camp Livingston, LA, in October, 1941. He was awarded the Silver Star at Buna and promoted to Captain, and assumed command of Company C in March, 1943.
He was killed in the aftermath of the invasion of Leyte in the fall of 1944, not long before the last town was liberated.