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Personal info

Full name
MALLORY, Herbert R
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
West Virginia
Hometown
Akron, Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O1305081
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Philippsbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 5 33

Immediate family

Members
Edward Mallory (father)
Rose R. (Bridges) Mallory (mother)
Alpha C. Mallory (sister)
Edward C. Mallory (brother)
Kramer L. Mallory (brother)
Dorothy Mallory (sister)

More information

1st Lt Herbert R. Mallory attended high school for 4 years and was a plasterer before he volunteered for the US Army in Los Angeles, California on 4 March 1942.

He was lost as he led a mortar platoon in a battle in France.

He was taken prisoner of war and died of his injuries in a German first aid station on the battle front near Philippsbourg, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal Ohio 22 July 1945
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal Ohio 22 July 1945