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Personal info

Full name
HAAS, Herbert James
Date of birth
31 January 1907
Age
38
Place of birth
New York City, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32516194
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
11 February 1945
Place of death
Stalag 4B, Mühlberg Sachsen 51-13
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 37 2

Immediate family

Members
Michael Haas (father)
Emma K. Haas (mother)
Gustave Haas (brother)
Joseph Haas (brother)
Josephine M. Haas (sister)
Aloysius C. Haas (brother)

More information

Pvt Herbert J. Haas enlisted in Fort Jay Governors Island, New York on 30 September 1942.

He attended high school for 3 years and was a bookkeeper and cashier before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Block BB, Row 5, Grave 117.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1910 Census / 1925 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels