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Personal info

Full name
ERB, Peter
Date of birth
25 July 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33011882
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Selestat, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 28 25

Immediate family

Members
Carl Erb (father)
Helen J. (Erbesevic) Erb (mother)

More information

Pvt Peter Erb enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 1 April 1941.

Source of information: Andre Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Headstone and Interment records / Pennsylvania, Vetrean Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950 - 1966, 142ndaar-pdf / https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy" Anderson