Pvt.
126TH Inf. Regt.
born 8 Nov. '15 near Marengo, IA; son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Webert, Blairstown, IA (hometown); worked as carpenter and on farms; engaged to Gladys Collingwood of Williamsburg; entered service 31 Dec. '41; SN 37111165; KIA 28 Dec. '42 near Buna, New Guinea (ABMC lists 27 Dec. as date of death); parents notified 14 Jan. '43; earned Purple Heart; interred at Manila American Cemetery; also memorialized at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Benton County, IA
Pvt.
126TH Inf. Regt.
born 8 Nov. '15 near Marengo, IA; son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Webert, Blairstown, IA (hometown); worked as carpenter and on farms; engaged to Gladys Collingwood of Williamsburg; entered service 31 Dec. '41; SN 37111165; KIA 28 Dec. '42 near Buna, New Guinea (ABMC lists 27 Dec. as date of death); parents notified 14 Jan. '43; earned Purple Heart; interred at Manila American Cemetery; also memorialized at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Benton County, IA
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