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Personal info

Full name
HUELBIG, Charley Norbert
Date of birth
23 March 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois
Hometown
Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16040885
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pommérieux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 7 9

Immediate family

Members
Gustav Huelbig (father)
Lydia A. (Johns) Huelbig (mother)
Olga Huelbig (sister)
Olinda Huelbig (sister)
Gertrude Huelbig (sister)
Zada Huelbig (sister)
Walter Huelbig (brother)
Virgil Huelbig (brother)
Norbert Huelbig (brother)
Cecilia Huelbig (sister)

More information

Pfc. Charley N. Huelbig attended Belleville Township High School and worked at International Shoe Company.

He joined the Regular Army in East St. Louis, Illinois on 7 November 1940.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Lorrie’s Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Belleville News-Democrat - 15 Febraury 1945