US PARAS Badger, Herschel Cleveland

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Badger ​

• FORENAME

Herschel Cleveland​

• UNIT

513 Parachute Infantry Regiment ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

37731056 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

24th March 1945 ​

• AGE

19​

• GRAVESITE

Brooking Cemetery, Raytown, Missouri, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Jackson County, Missouri​

born 18.12.1923, Jackson, Missouri, USA​

father Charles Badger (1889-1975)​

mother Margaret Pearl (nee Murkin) Badger (1893-1974)​

3 years high school​

civil occupation Tinsmiths, coppersmiths, and sheet metal workers​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

employed by Alts Tavern​

30.06.1942 draft card Kansas City, Missouri, USA​

14.01.1944 entered service Fort Leavenworth, Kansas​

KIA Germany (C-46D #44-77595 shot down by German Artillery)​

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