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Personal info

Full name
HOVERTER, Mervin "Red"
Date of birth
16 September 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33931642
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 20 12

Immediate family

Members
Maurice C. Hoverter (father)
Ruth E. (Paine) Hoverter (mother)
Alvin Hoverter (brother)
Phillis (Rodenhaver) Hoverter (wife)
Madge H. Hoverter (daughter)
Mervin W. Hoverter (son)

More information

Pvt Mervin Hoverter attended John Harris High School where he played football. He graduated from Middletown High School and was a manager with the Suburban Gas and Equipment Company.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 6 March 1944 and was sent overseas in November 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

At the time of his death, his brother Alvin also served overseas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Alexander Rites Family Tree / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application File WWII, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - The Pahalls