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Personal info

Full name
STRUBE, Louis Herman
Date of birth
28 April 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Waring, Kendall County, Texas
Hometown
Kendall County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38033053
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 6 3

Immediate family

Members
Henry V. Strube (father)
Anna (Domeier) Strube (mother)
William C. Strube (brother)
Otto Strube (brother)
Henry Strube (brother)
Friedrich F. Strube (brother)
Mary Strube (sister)
Herbert Strube (brother)
Adolph Strube (brother)
Anna Strube (sister)
Lydia Strube (sister)
Edwin A. Strube (brother)
Richard R. Strube (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Louis H. Strube enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 20 June 1941.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

S/Sgt Louis H. Strube was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium on Block FFF, Row 8, Grave 148.

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 Draft Cards Young Men / Texas German Families

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet