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Personal info

Full name
BAZIER, Herbert Houston
Date of birth
7 July 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
Hometown
Providence County, Rhode Island
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
42071961
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
38th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Thronitz, west of Leipzig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 13 17

Immediate family

Members
Elijah R. Bazier (father)
Margaret A.M. (Cochran) Bazier (mother)
Milton C. Bazier (brother)
Cecil R. Bazier (brother)
Ruth A. Bazier (sister)
Elizabeth L. (Richardson) Bazier (wife)

More information

Pvt Herbert H. Bazier was a carpenter before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 3 February 1944.

More information about African American volunteers in the infantry can be found here:
https://history.army.mil/Research/Reference-Topics/African-Americans-in-the-US-Army/African-American-Volunteer-Infantry-Replacements/

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, www.history.army.mil, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten / Cleveland Call and Post - 19 May 1945