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Personal info

Full name
HERBERT, George H
Date of birth
6 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O1014511
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
48th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Barr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 38 39

Immediate family

Members
George Herbert (father)
Edith G. Herbert (mother)
Robert E. Herbert (brother)
Lucile (Whedbee) Herbert (wife)

More information

1st Lt George H. Herbert attended college for one year and was a salesman before he enlisted in Trenton, New Jersey on 11 August 1941.

When the battalion commander’s tank was hit at a roadblock at the entrance to the town, Lt Herbert tried to swing his tanks down another street, but they were also fired upon and struck.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment record / JoPatt / U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, http://14thad.org, https://archive.teanecklibrary.org/WWII/Herbert/index.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, https://archive.teanecklibrary.org/WWII/Herbert/index.html