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Personal info

Full name
DERWIG, Herbert Arthur
Date of birth
4 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Middleton, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Hometown
Gloversville, Fulton County, New York

Military service

Service number
15359012
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Radio Technician
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Cobru, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 1 11

Immediate family

Members
George A. Derwig (father)
Louise M. Derwig (mother)
George C. Derwig (brother)
Hildegarde Derwig (sister)

More information

Pfc Herbert A. Derwig attended college for one year and was employed at the post office before he joined the Regular Army in Cleveland, Ohio on 12 December 1942 and went overseas in September 1944.

1st Lt. Alex Andros recalls: As they moved closer toward its final objective at Cobru they passed through several open areas, as medic Johnny Gibson remembers. The group I was working with stopped along a small track on the edge of a wood to let a jeep pass by. Moving slowly through the snow, the vehicle struck a landmine with its left front wheel and parts of the engine and dashboard hit the driver in the chest. I was 40 ft away and went over to help. Moments later, the driver, whose name was Herbert A. Derwig, died.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Mr Carl S D, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com - 50th AIB
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / 50th AIB, www.wwiimemorial.com – Mr. Carl S. Derwig