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Personal info

Full name
WARNICK, Herschell Adell
Date of birth
15 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Pleasant Grove, Jefferson County, Alabama
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
44030176
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 February 1945
Place of death
Near Erkelenz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 11 20

Immediate family

Members
Herschell A. Warnick (father)
Pearl (Wheeler) Warnick (mother)
June S. (Oettel) Warnick (wife)
Carole A. (Warnick) Dwyer (daughter)

More information

Pvt Herschell A. Warnick attended high school for one year and was employed by N.E. Ware at the Westfield Plant.

His father died in a mining accident before Herschell was born.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Dwyer Family Tree, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Kevin Dwyer (Grandson)