About
Korean War (1950-1953)
Harlem Nears Jr. was born in Schenectady, New York, on August 23, 1930. He grew up in the city of Schenectady and attended McKinley Elementary School and graduated from Vocational High School.
Harlem was a private first class in the United States Army, serving with the 6th Armored Cavalry in Europe. He was part of the army of occupation in Germany during the Korean War when he received serious injuries at his duty station, was discharged, and was sent back to the States and died from his injuries at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Albany, New York, on February 7, 1952. He is buried in Vale Cemetery in Schenectady, New York.
*The U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans and the newspaper say Harlem is buried in Vale Cemetery, but there is a photographed marker for him at Evergreen Memorial Park in Colonie, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry