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Personal info

Full name
SERBER, Dennis Brown
Date of birth
31 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia
Hometown
Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35651573
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
East of Erfstadt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 9 45

Immediate family

Members
Reese E. Serber (father)
Bruce Bridges (stepfather)
Ella M. (Harris) Serber (mother)
Charles Serber (brother)

More information

Sgt Dennis B. Serber was a lumberman.

He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 17 February 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, 16th Infantry Regiment Historical Society - courtesy of Jasper van Kampen