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Personal info

Full name
KELCH, Herbert Anthony
Date of birth
14 February 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
Hometown
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36985956
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Near Berismenil/La Roche, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 10 21

Immediate family

Members
Julius A. Kelch (father)
Eleanor J. (Bucher) Kelch (mother)
Emily L. Kelch (sister)
Robert E. Kelch (brother)
Dolores Kelch (sister)
Patrice Kelch (sister)
Albert Kelch (brother)
Barbra Kelch (sister)

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/89/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, newspaper article - courtesy of Petra Noben