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Personal info

Full name
HOLLY, Werner J
Date of birth
13 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Eichstätt, Germany
Hometown
Madison, Morris County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42011625
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot-Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 34

Immediate family

Members
Ludwig F. Holly (father)
Luise M. Holly (mother)
Helmuth Holly (brother)
Gundeline Holly (sister)
Herbert Holly (brother)
Wolfram Holly (brother)
Isolde Holly (sister)

More information

Pvt Werner J. Holly graduated from Madison High School and was employed at his father's business.

He enlisted in Harrodsburg, Kentucky on 27 August 1942 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

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, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem