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Personal info

Full name
HERBERT, Arthur Charles
Date of birth
28 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
East Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
32937491
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Merscheid-Hoscheid, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 12 1

Immediate family

Members
James G. Herbert (father)
Helen M. Herbert (mother)
Albert Herbert (brother)

More information

Pvt Arthur C. Herbert attended East Rochester High School and was employed at Rochester Manufacturing Company

He enlisted in Rochester, New York on 18 June 1943. He was wounded at Metz on 1 October 1944 and was hospitalized until January 1945.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Church Records, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – a2 / Angelic Ward, Democrat and Chronicle - 13 February 1945