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Personal info

Full name
MARR, Herman Calvert
Date of birth
6 February 1914
Age
31
Place of birth
Edge, Brazos County, Texas
Hometown
Navarro County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38082918
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
William C. Marr (father)
Lela C. (Wallace) Marr (mother)
Chester E. Marr (brother)
Mary Z. Marr (sister)
Zella M. Marr (sister)
Mamie L. Marr (sister)

More information

Pvt Herman C. Marr was employed by the Corsicana Cotton Mills.

He enlisted on 10 February 1942 at Camp Wolters, Texas. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Pvt Herman C. Marr is remembered at Oakwood Cemetery in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, Corsicana Daily Sun 2 January 1946, Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light 19 January 1945, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: FOHF, Corsicana Daily Sun 2 January 1946