United States Army Private Herbon was killed in the Mondidier-Noyon Defensive, near the town of Villers-Tournelle. The Germans opened up with a huge artillery barrage including mustard and chlorine gas. This started at midnight on 8/9 June 1918.
Henry served with Company 1, 18th Infantry, 1st Division (The Big Red One), American Expeditionary Force.
Henry is survived by his parents, Herman and Hanna Herbon, his brothers, Julius, August, John, Joseph and William and his sisters Minnie, Helen and Dorothy.
Henry was born and raised in Wilmette, Illinois where he attended grammar school. He was a chauffer at the time he entered service in June 1917. Affliated with St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wilmette, where both his father and a member of his mother's family were among the 12 charter members in 1903.
Henry was sent to Camp Grant, Illinois, and later transferred to Camp Merritt, N.J. and then to France with the American Expeditionary Forces.
Henry served with Company 1, 18th Infantry, 1st Division (The Big Red One), American Expeditionary Force.
Henry is survived by his parents, Herman and Hanna Herbon, his brothers, Julius, August, John, Joseph and William and his sisters Minnie, Helen and Dorothy.
Henry was born and raised in Wilmette, Illinois where he attended grammar school. He was a chauffer at the time he entered service in June 1917. Affliated with St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wilmette, where both his father and a member of his mother's family were among the 12 charter members in 1903.
Henry was sent to Camp Grant, Illinois, and later transferred to Camp Merritt, N.J. and then to France with the American Expeditionary Forces.
United States Army Private Herbon was killed in the Mondidier-Noyon Defensive, near the town of Villers-Tournelle. The Germans opened up with a huge artillery barrage including mustard and chlorine gas. This started at midnight on 8/9 June 1918.
Henry served with Company 1, 18th Infantry, 1st Division (The Big Red One), American Expeditionary Force.
Henry is survived by his parents, Herman and Hanna Herbon, his brothers, Julius, August, John, Joseph and William and his sisters Minnie, Helen and Dorothy.
Henry was born and raised in Wilmette, Illinois where he attended grammar school. He was a chauffer at the time he entered service in June 1917. Affliated with St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wilmette, where both his father and a member of his mother's family were among the 12 charter members in 1903.
Henry was sent to Camp Grant, Illinois, and later transferred to Camp Merritt, N.J. and then to France with the American Expeditionary Forces.
Henry served with Company 1, 18th Infantry, 1st Division (The Big Red One), American Expeditionary Force.
Henry is survived by his parents, Herman and Hanna Herbon, his brothers, Julius, August, John, Joseph and William and his sisters Minnie, Helen and Dorothy.
Henry was born and raised in Wilmette, Illinois where he attended grammar school. He was a chauffer at the time he entered service in June 1917. Affliated with St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wilmette, where both his father and a member of his mother's family were among the 12 charter members in 1903.
Henry was sent to Camp Grant, Illinois, and later transferred to Camp Merritt, N.J. and then to France with the American Expeditionary Forces.
