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Personal info

Full name
ERB, Homer Forrest
Date of birth
5 July 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
East Greenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Spring City, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33772668
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Near Scheibenhardt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 34 38

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin F. Erb (father)
Katherine A. (Raudenbush) Erb (mother)
Viola F. Erb (sister)
Russell W. Erb (brother)
Pauline N. Erb (sister)
Jennie (Belles) Erb (wife)
Homer A. Erb (son)
Paul F. Erb (son)

More information

Pfc Homer F. Erb was employed at the Diamond Glass Company before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 6 March 1944. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Geerts Edleman Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman / Joel Frampton Gilfert
Photo source: -, www.findagrave.com - Joel Frampton Gilfert