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Personal info

Full name
LOBEL, Eric Henry
Date of birth
13 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Coblenz, Germany
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32790855
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Achene, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 9 4

Immediate family

Members
Rudolph Lobel (father)
Mary J. (Michels) Lobel (mother)

More information

Pfc Eric H. Lobel was born in Germany to parents who were US Citizens.

He graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in January,1941.

Since the end of the war, the Miramar Yacht Club has held a memorial race and/or regatta in Pfc Lobel's honor.

A scholarship was named in his honor at his high school following the war.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Huub Janssen, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Robert W. Vogel, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Huub Janssen