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Personal info

Full name
NEU, Herbert Henry
Date of birth
24 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
American Falls, Power County, Idaho
Hometown
American Falls, Power County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
39903162
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the woods north of the Pfarrer-Dickmann-Strasse
Vossenack, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 38 54

Immediate family

Members
Christ Neu (father)
Earnestene Neu (mother)
Emil Neu (brother)
Clara Neu (sister)
John C. Neu (brother)
William Neu (brother)
Otto H. Neu (brother)
Leona E. Neu (sister)
Robert G. Neu (brother)
Theodore E. Neu (brother)
Danial E. Neu (brother)

More information

Pfc Hertbert E. Neu attended 1 year of high school, worked as a farm hand and was single, without dependents. He enlisted in Pocatello, Idaho on 21 November 1942.

The remains of Pfc Neu were found in Germeter and initially registered as Unknown X-4545. He was evacuated to Ardennes Cemetery and could be identified at the identification facilities.

For more information, please look at the memorial page of GERDES, Woodrow.

Source of information: Jac Engels, Raf Dyckmans, Census US 1930 / Ancestry, Enlistment Record / National Archives, ABMC, Mr. Elme Neu, WWII Memorial - Robert G. Neu, Find A Grave, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton

Photo source: Peter Schouteten