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Personal info

Full name
SHENDOW, Herman Nelson
Date of birth
16 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13145465
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
B Troop
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Near Koblenz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 32 28

Immediate family

Members
Nathan Shendow (father)
Esther (Wiseman) Shendow (mother)
Zelda S. Shendow (sister)
Jack K. Shendow (brother)

More information

Cpl Herman N. Shendow attended high school for three years and was a salesman before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 27 October 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 / Shendow Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – WWII History Fan
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