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Personal info

Full name
DURBEN, Fred H
Date of birth
29 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Grant County, Indiana
Hometown
Grant County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
15084385
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
307th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 October 1944
Place of death
Dekkerswald, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 4 14

Immediate family

Members
Samuel W. Durben (father)
Edna A. (Kierstead) Durben (mother)
Raymond H. Durben (brother)
Marie V. Durben (sister)
Earl J. Durben (brother)
Clara M. Durben (sister)

More information

Pvt Fred H. Durben volunteered for the U.S. Army in Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 2 January 1942.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Molenhoek, Netherlands.

His brother Raymond H. Durban is buried next to him.

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 / Smith Family Tree / Grant County Indiana Marion Public Library Birth Index, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.bevrijdingsmuseum.nl

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery