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Personal info

Full name
HERSH, Austin John
Date of birth
6 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey
Hometown
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
13173444
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Beeck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 16 14

Immediate family

Members
Robert W. Hersh (father)
Edith (Siedel) Hersh (mother)
Lily Hersh (sister)

More information

Pfc Austin J. Hersh graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1942 and attended Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania on 7 December 1942. He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program (A.S.T.P.). As a result, he attended classes at Washington & Jefferson College until ASTP was disbanded.

He was named after his uncle, Austin Herman Hersh, who was killed in action in France during WWI. He is buried at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 - http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_his/89/, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Yearsbooks. New Jersy, Elizabeth, Thomas Jefferson High School 1942