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Personal info

Full name
HERZIG, Sidney
Date of birth
7 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Union City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
West New York, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
12129509
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
Near Bensheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 32 33

Immediate family

Members
Isidore Herzig (father)
Celia (Szub) Herzig (mother)
Adeline Herzig (sister)

More information

Pfc Sidney Herzig attended college for three years and was a roofer and tinsmith employed by his father before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in New York City, New York on 3 September 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / Herzig Family Tree, www.findagrave.com
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