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Personal info

Full name
HOEHN, Herbert Henry
Date of birth
21 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Ray, Williams County, North Dakota
Hometown
Jacksboro, Jacks County, Texas

Military service

Service number
39116868
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Leiffarth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 21 23

Immediate family

Members
Joseph J. Hoehn (father)
Lena C. (Schrempp) Hoehn (mother)
Lela J. Hoehn (sister)
Mae Hoehn (sister)
John R. Hoehn (brother)
Kathryn M. Hoehn (sister)
Frances Hoehn (sister)
Irene A. Hoehn (sister)
Joseph Hoehn (brother)
Ethyl L. Hoehn (sister)
Lincoln L. Hoehn (brother)
Harold D. Hoehn (brother)
Duane E. Hoehn (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Herbert H. Hoehn attended college for one year and worked on a farm.

He enlisted in San Francisco, California on 11 December 1942 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

S/Sgt Hoehn was killed in an ambush when he and others were returning from a scouting mission.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Terry Briggs (niece)