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HERBERT, Lemuel Harry - Date of
birth
20 September 1910 -
Age
34 - Place of
birth
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33023842 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
7 November 1944 - Place of
death
Near Kommerscheid, Hürtgen Forest, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle -
Tablets of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.
Immediate family
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Members
Thomas Herbert (father)
Margaret Herbert (mother)
More information
Lemuel Herbert enlisted on 16 April 1941 at Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.During interviews after the battle, two men from his squad reported that they had seen him hit in the head and fall.
His body was not recovered due to the chaotic nature of the battle and the retreat of American forces from the town. In 1998, personnel from the German War Graves Commission recovered remains believed to be those of an American service member as well as an identification tag bearing Sgt Herbert's name in the town of Kommerscheid in the Hürtgen Forest. These remains and artifacts were turned over to American custody, and CILHI scientists used anthropological analyses and circumstantial evidence to identify them as the remains of Sgt Herbert.
Subsequent examination has concluded that he was killed as a result of shell splinters to the head.
Sgt Herbert is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Veterans gravesite / Army Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - Person page of Mr. Sam E. Pennartz, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Mr. Sam E. Pennartz, www.findagrave.com - Walking The Rows, www.fold3.com - TogetherWeServed