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Personal info

Full name
ERB, Loren M
Date of birth
27 June 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Brown City, Sanilac County, Michigan
Hometown
Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36557661
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
Marienburg-Palenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 8 14

Immediate family

Members
John Erb (father)
Lola (Meyer) Erb (mother)
Rita Erb (sister)
Donna Erb (sister)
Floyd Erb (brother)
Grace (Berry) Erb (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Loren M. Erb attended Pontiac High School.

He enlisted in January 1943.

He was injured twice and hospitalized before returning to action where he died from his third wound.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Susan Linton - Oakland County Press 25 October 1944, Pontiac Weekly Press 26 October 1944, Pontiac High School Yearbook 1930, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Michigan U.S. Marriage Records, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.30thinfantry.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Linton - Pontiac Daily Press 24 October 1944