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Personal info

Full name
SPAYDER, Herbert George
Date of birth
15 December 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Hollenback Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Huntington Mills, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33345718
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
Mairy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 20 43

Immediate family

Members
Herbert Spayder (father)
Emma Spayder (mother)
Fred A. Spayder (brother)
Augusta M. Spayder (sister)
Ellen S. Spayder (sister)
Madeline E. Spayder (sister)
Louise Spayder (sister)

More information

Pvt Herbert G. Spayder was a mining-machine operator before he enlisted at Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 8 June 1942.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy