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Personal info

Full name
HERSHEL, Larry G
Date of birth
13 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Carrol Town, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lilly, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33892754
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 April 1945
Place of death
Messelhausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 30 79

Immediate family

Members
Joseph J. Hershel (father)
Mary Hershel (mother)
Clair W. Hershel (brother)

More information

Pvt Larry G. Hershel enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 26 September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen - Company's / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
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