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Personal info

Full name
HERBERT, John W
Date of birth
10 March 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Cass County, Illinois
Hometown
Arenzville, Cass County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36073491
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Rittershofen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 16 34

Immediate family

Members
William Herbert (father)
Francisca Herbert (mother)
Anna F. Herbert (sister)
Carl Herbert (brother)
Kathryn M. Herbert (sister)
Bernhardt C. Herbert (brother)
Louisa D.Herbert (sister)
Julia E. Herbert (sister)

More information

Sgt John W. Herbert is remembered at the Arenzville North Cemetery in Arenzville, Cass County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com - Michelle Bley / Coumbes Herbert Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://14thad.org
Photo source: http://www.arensvillevets.org/ww2/john_herbert.html, www.findagrave.com - Michelle Bley