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Personal info

Full name
HERR, Jay Robert
Date of birth
31 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33235819
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 1 31

Immediate family

Members
Farry B. Herr (father)
Lettie W. Herr (mother)
Ester Herr (sister)
Verna M. Herr (sister)
Miriam M. Herr (sister)
Raymond S. Herr (brother)
Helen R. Herr (sister)

More information

T/5 Jay R. Herr worked in a textile factory before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 14 July 1942.

T/5 Herr is remembered at the Neffsville Lutheran Cemetery in Neffsville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / Records of World War II Prisoners of War, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Jac Engels, www.findagrave.com - Joel Frampton Gilfert / Wsindorf