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Personal info

Full name
DINGES, Herman Edward
Date of birth
29 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Hometown
Cozad, Dawson County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37735400
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 January 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 23 14

Immediate family

Members
Phillip Dinges (father)
Margaret K. (Hergenroeder) Dinges (mother)
George H. Dinges (brother)
John J. Dinges (brother)
Katherine M. Dinges (sister)

More information

Pvt Herman E. Dinges graduated from Cozad High School in 1938 and worked with his father on the family farm.

He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 22 July 1944 and was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Phyllis Faye O’Donnell Family Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Lincoln Star - 12 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, 100th Meridian Museum in Cozad Nebraska