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Personal info

Full name
REWERTS, Herman Robert
Date of birth
3 March 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Grundy County, Iowa
Hometown
Boon Lake, Renville County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37032113
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
Kothen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 20 13

Immediate family

Members
Ibeling G. Rewerts (father)
Taalke (Aswega) Rewerts (mother)
Fred C. Rewerts (brother)
Gertie C. Rewerts (sister)
Alvin G. Rewerts (brother)
Edward H. Rewerts (brother)

More information

Enlisted on June 23, 1941 and completed tank mechanics at Fort Knox. He was sent overseas on Sept 23, 1943 and landed in France on June 24th, 1944. He participated in all five campaigns of the 33rd Armored Regiments - Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes- Alsace and Central Europe.
He was killed when his tank was hit by enemy bazooka fire. He was first buried in the vicinity of Breuna, Germany.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Emma Rewerts, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – Family Trees / 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Emma Rewerts