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Personal info

Full name
BASLER, Herschel Dale
Date of birth
13 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Kansas
Hometown
Sherman, Grant County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37500262
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
Sauer river crossing bridgehead, north of Echternach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 94

Immediate family

Members
William Basler (father)
Emma Basler (mother)
Harold Basler (brother)
Frederick Basler (brother)
Frances Basler (sister)
Clyde Basler (brother)

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / WWII Draft Cards Young Men, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry in the ETO

Photo source: Have Paws