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Personal info

Full name
SCHULTE, Herbert F
Date of birth
20 February 1911
Age
34
Place of birth
Minnesota
Hometown
Bird Island, Renville County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37275534
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
In the outskirts, West of Leipzig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 11 15

Immediate family

Members
Clement Schulte (father)
Josephine (Macke) Schulte (mother)
Robert Schulte (brother)
Alphonse Schulte (brother)
Edward B. Schulte (brother)
Fransiska Schulte (sister)
Clarence Schulte (brother)

More information

Pfc Herbert F. Schulte enlisted and was sent overseas in September 1943.

He was reported wounded in action a first time in France on 28 July 1944. He spent a few weeks in a hospital in England. On 14 December 1944, he was again wounded in action, this time severely and was in a hospital in England until April 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – Schulte Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Joek Hulsmann