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Personal info

Full name
SHERRY, Horace L
Date of birth
27 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas
Hometown
Gonzales County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38247409
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Prummern, near Geilenkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 1 20

Immediate family

Members
William A. Sherry (father)
Maggie Sherry (mother)
Jerldean Sherry (brother)
Marrice Sherry (brother)
Mary L. Sherry (sister)
Bennie N. Sherry (brother)
James A. Sherry (brother)

Biography

http://www.fallennotforgotten.nl/Story00017.htm

More information

Pfc Horace L. Sherry worekd in a textile factory before he enlisted in Houston, Texas on 20 November 1942 and was sent overseas on 20 September 1944. He arrived in France on 1 November 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Records, www.wwiimemorial.com - National Archives / ABMC Cemeteries, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.fallennotforgotten.nl

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.fallennotforgotten.nl