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Personal info

Full name
HIMBERG, Carl Alfred Jr
Date of birth
15 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31302547
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
592nd Field Artillery Battalion,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Near Manhay, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 15 18

Immediate family

Members
Carl A. Himberg (father)
Emma A. (Humphrey) Himberg (mother)
Beatria Himberg (sister)
Dorothy A. Himberg (sister)
Robert W. Himberg (brother)
Lois L. Himberg (sister)
Phyllis R. Himberg (sister)

More information

Cpl Carl A. Himberg Jr. enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 10 March 1943.

He attended 1 year of college.

He was first buried at Block ZZ, Row 2, Grave 37.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S., WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards / 1940 Census / Hull Ashworth Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://106thinfdivassn.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet