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Personal info

Full name
POWER, Herbert Edward
Date of birth
20 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Suffolk County, New York

Military service

Service number
32905186
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 15 11

Immediate family

Members
Edward Power (father)
Elizabeth Power (mother)
Joseph Kovar (stepfather)
Edward Power (brother)
Jerome Power (brother)
Julianna Kovar (half-sister)
Alice Kovar (half-sister)

More information

Cpl Herbert E. Power attended high school for fours years and was employed at Western Union Telegraph Warehouse.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 10 May 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/vetegb.php?id=650, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred, The Power Family