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Personal info

Full name
HANSEN, Herman Martin
Date of birth
21 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Coleridge, Cedar County, Nebraska
Hometown
Coleridge, Cedar County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37034203
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Two miles north of Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 56

Immediate family

Members
Peter C. Hansen (father)
Marie M. (Papenhausen) Hansen (mother)
Frederick D. Hansen (brother)
William I. Hansen (brother)
Dora M. Hansen (sister)
Arthur H. Hansen (brother)
Marcella E. (Barnes) Hansen (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Herman M. Hansen worked on the family farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / Flynnvella Master File / Evangelical Lutheran Church Records, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Loren Bender
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Linda Adams