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Personal info

Full name
LENDL, Herman H
Date of birth
7 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Carnegie, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33082976
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
42nd Tank Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Lendl (father)
Marie (Zieger) Lendl (mother)
Alma M. Lendl (sister)
Joseph H. Lendl (brother)
Walter Lendl (brother)
Helen Lendl (sister)

More information

Herman Lendl enlisted on 16 June 1944 and was sent overseas on 12 October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.11thearmoreddivision.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / Veterans Compensation Application File, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press