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HORBELT, Harry F - Date of
birth
1910 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32240069 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
unknown -
Unit
F Company,
37th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
20 September 1944 - Place of
death
Near Moncourt, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Joseph J. Horbelt (father)
Mary P. (Roche) Horbelt (mother)
Joseph Horbelt Jr. (brother)
John L. Horbelt (brother)
Mary P. Horbelt (sister)
More information
Cpl Harry F. Horbelt enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 20 February 1942.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census, www.history.army.mil/documents/eto-ob/4AD-ETO.htm
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael V. Drachman / 1942 Yearbook of the 37th Tank Battalion at Pine Camp, added by Silvano Theunissen