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Personal info

Full name
SHERMAN, Albert
Date of birth
28 April 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
33609307
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
32nd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
South of Paderborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 17 2

Immediate family

Members
Herman Sherman (father)
Lenora (Bernstein) Sherman (mother)
Sophie Sherman (sister)
Margaret (Dixon) Sherman (wife)
Gerald "Jerry" Sherman (son)

More information

Sgt Albert Sherman enlisted at Wilkes Barracks, Pennsylvania on 3 August 1943.

He was a manager at Eynon Drug Store before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 32nd Armored Regiment, WWII Draft Card, Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, M. Schwanen-Huveneers via Jerry Sherman (son)