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Personal info

Full name
OBERT, Ernest Harold
Date of birth
18 December 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Girard, Crawford County, Kansas
Hometown
Tarkio, Atchison County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37730210
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 39 24

Immediate family

Members
George Obert (father)
Cora A. (Reberry) Obert (mother)
Ethel F. Obert (sister)
Elizabeth Obert (sister)
Lucile Obert (sister)
George L. Obert (brother)
William P. Obert (brother)
Roberta N. (Guyette) Obert (wife)
James H. Obert (son)
Alberta J. Obert (daughter)

More information

Pvt Ernest H. Obert was an attendant at a filling station and parking lot before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 31 December 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Wilbert H. Kimbriel & Jean Obert Kimbriel, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / For Peggy Howard and Aunt Dora / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy