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Personal info

Full name
HENNING, Homer Leroy
Date of birth
24 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33682103
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
275th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
Philippsbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 32 40

Immediate family

Members
Harold H. Henning (father)
Mabel A. (Nevins) Henning (mother)

More information

S/Sgt Homer L. Henning enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 22 July 1943.

He attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted.

He is remembered at the Park Lawn Cemetery in Jamestown, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Bunce Family Tree, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.findagrave.com – Lois Bates
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S., School Yearbooks Penn High School Pennsylvania / Donna Sense / Morey Bunce