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Personal info

Full name
TANKERSLEY, Herman Lamar
Date of birth
22 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Doole County, Texas
Hometown
Yavapai County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39864365
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 October 1944
Place of death
Near Vossenack, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 4 4

Immediate family

Members
Albert E. Tankersley (father)
Goldie D. (Dickerson) Tankersley (mother)
Bonnie L. Tankersley (sister)
Glen R. Tankersley (brother)
Thomas B. Tankersley (brother)
Dorothy F. Tankersley (sister)
Phyllis C. (Cresswell) Tankersley (wife)
Eddie M. G. Tankersley (son)
Phyllis M. Tankersley (daughter)

More information

Corporal Herman L. Tankersley was a waiter before he enlisted in Phoenix, Arizona on 16 December 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Herman L. Tankersley is memorialized on a memorial in the center of Prescott, Arizona.

Source of information: Sheree Dowdle, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, WWII Enlistment Record, 1910/1920/1930/1940/1950 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Arizona U.S. Country Marriages, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/ - After Action Report 60th Inf Reg 9th Inf Div 1 - 31 October 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Public Member Photos