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Personal info

Full name
HOLBERT, Paul Monroe
Date of birth
18 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Glenville, Gilmer County, West Virginia
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35072633
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Schnellrode, South of Hessisch Lichtenau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 5 21

Immediate family

Members
William B. Holbert (father)
Eva L. (Moss) Holbert (mother)
William A. Holbert (brother)
Nora L. Holbert (sister)
Ruth Holbert (sister)
Iris E. (Bailey) Holbert (wife)

More information

Pfc Paul M. Holbert attended high school for one year and was employed at Jones & McLaughlin Steel Corporation as a welder.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 13 March 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 86th Cav. Recon. Sq, ww.ancestry.com - West Virginia Memory Project, 1910 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet