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LEWIS, Herbert James - Date of
birth
17 June 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Brunswick, Virginia -
Hometown
Alberta, Brunswick County, Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33643694 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
A Company,
1276th Engineer Combat Battalion
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
9 December 1944 - Place of
death
unknown
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Herbert J. Lewis (father)
Pearl (Rainey) Lewis (mother)
Gleniche H. Lewis (sister)
Robert B. Lewis (brother)
Ruby M. Lewis (sister)
More information
Herbert Lewis is memorialized at the Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery in Alberta, Virginia
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone Application for Military Veterans / Birth Record / 1930 Census
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Marian Coleman Philips, https://vawarmemorial.org/virginia-heroes/?_sf_s=herbert%20lewis