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Personal info

Full name
FEIT, Herbert E
Date of birth
31 December 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Bronx County, New York
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
15304154
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
406th Fighter Squadron,
371st Fighter Group
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
2 April 1946
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Samuel H. Feit (father)
Lillian Feit (mother)
Corinne Feit (sister)

More information

Pvt Herbert E. Feit attended college.

He joined the Regular Army in Bloomington, Indiana on 3 November 1942.

Pfc Herbert Feit was reported missing in action when he didn't return from a mission to Metz, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, https://371stfightergroup.wordpress.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman, www.ancestry.com - U.S., School Yearbooks Bronx New York, https://371stfightergroup.wordpress.com