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Personal info

Full name
HERMAN, Charles Richard
Date of birth
15 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35911823
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 10 56

Immediate family

Members
Charles Herman (father)
Margaret E. Herman (mother)
Fred Herman (brother)

More information

Pfc Charles R. Herman enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 21 July 1943.

He attended Collinwood High School for 4 years and was a stock clerk at was employed at Hickock Electric.

Pfc Herman was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery