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Personal info

Full name
HEDGER, Herbert James
Date of birth
16 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36582624
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Barancon, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 13 32

Immediate family

Members
Ralph Hedger (brother)
Margaret Hedger (sister)

More information

Pfc Herbert J. Hedger attended St. Matthew High School.

He enlisted on 9 March 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, 36thID-eoster-part-1.pdf, 141aar-October-November-1944.pdf, www.newspapers.com - Detroit Free Press - 11 March 1945

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy" Anderson, www.newspapers.com - The Flint Journal - 21 December 1944