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Personal info

Full name
KNOTTS, Herbert Clayton
Date of birth
14 December 1909
Age
34
Place of birth
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Hometown
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware

Military service

Service number
42082759
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot-Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
George T. Knotts (father)
Louella (Whiteman) Knotts (mother)
Franklin T. Knotts (brother)
Walter E. Knotts (brother)
George F. Knotts (half brother)
Clifton F. Knotts (half brother)
Dorothy (Fenimore) Knotts (wife)
Dorothy H. Knotts (daughter)
Ruth A. Knotts (daughter)

More information

Pvt Herbert C. Knotts was employed by the Rupert Construction Company.

He enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 17 January 1944 and was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Delaware Birth Records / Pepper Family Tree, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.findagrave.com – Robert Rumsby, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware), IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Robert Rumsby, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal, Delaware Public Archives