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HOLLAND, Norbert Jerold - Date of
birth
8 March 1924 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Paddock Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota -
Hometown
Forest City, Winnebago County, Iowa
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37683509 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
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Awards
Bronze Star
Death
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Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
25 October 1945 - Place of
death
Leipzig, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Kenneth G. Holland (father)
Carrie (Shilbred) Holland (mother)
Gerald Holland (brother)
Randall Holland (brother)
Inia Holland (sister)
Naomi Holland (sister)
More information
Pvt Norbert J. Holland enlisted on 22 December 1943 and started his basic training at Camp Fannin, Texas in January. After completing his training there he was transferred to Camp Benning, Georgia and in July of 1944 won his paratrooper wings.He was taken prisoner of war in the vicinity of Flamierge-Flamisoul in Belgium on 4 January 1945.
He died in the POW Hospital in Wahren-Leipzig on 1 April 1945. Investigation on 14 July 1948 revaeled that according to cemetery records he was interred in the East Cemetery at Leipzig-Pegau and disinterred by an American Search and Recovery Team. Attempts to associate unknowns recovered from the location, were all negative. He was officialy declared dead on 25 October 1945.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Jasper van Haren, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, IDPF of George J. Bingham, www.ancestry.com - WWII Bonus Case File
Photo source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iawinneb/military/Holland_WWII.htm, Peter Schouteten