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Personal info

Full name
MARLATT, Herbert Max
Date of birth
26 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Childress, Childress County, Texas
Hometown
Topeka, Riley County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
6865300
Rank
First Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
63rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rohrbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 87

Immediate family

Members
Herbert W. Marlatt (father)
Alda R. (Buchanan) Marlatt (mother)
Blanche Marlatt (sister)
Edna M. Marlatt (sister)
Jean M. Marlatt (sister)
Herberta E. Marlatt (sister)
Marion T. Marlatt (brother)
Marguerite J. (Spaeth) Marlatt (wife)
Herbert D. Marlatt (son)
Gerald D. Marlatt (son)

More information

1st Sgt Herbert M. Marlatt attended high school for two years and was a chauffeur before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Riley, Kansas on 15 November 1941.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Texas Birth Certificates 1903-1932, http://www.11tharmoreddivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten