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Personal info

Full name
UMBERGER, Eugene Rufus
Date of birth
2 June 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Bland County, Virginia
Hometown
Germantown, Montgomery County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33884206
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
Honville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 13 52

Immediate family

Members
Samuel L. Umberger (father)
Vinnie M. (Baugh) Umberger (mother)
Leida G. Umberger (sister)
Virginia E. Umberger (sister)
Paul C. Umberger (brother)
Violet L. Umberger (sister)
Garnett Umberger (brother)
Bertha M. Umberger (sister)
Samuel L. Umberger (brother)
Joe M. Umberger (brother)
Earl Umberger (brother)
Dorothy M. Umberger (wife)
Jean Umberger (daughter)
Joan Umberger (daughter)

More information

Pvt Eugene R. Umberger was a carpenter before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 17 April 1944.

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 / 1940 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Evening Star - 8 February 1945