US PARAS Black, Howard Vern

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Black ​

• FORENAME

Howard Vern​

• UNIT

513 Parachute Infantry Regiment ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

35911761 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

24th March 1945 ​

• AGE

26​

• GRAVESITE

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Plot F Row 16 Grave 6 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Cuyahoga County, Ohio​

born 25.01.1919 Cleveland, Ohio, USA​

father William Fern Black (1884-1943)​

mother Ella Marie (nee Wendt) Black (1891-1961)​

wife Virginia Ruth (nee Biehl) (1919-2011)​

3 children (Susan, Ellyn & Howard V. Black (1940-1991))​

4 years high school​

graduated Cleveland Heights High School​

civil occupation Policemen and detectives, public service​

employed by Accurate Parts Manufacturing Company​

married upon enlistment​

16.10.1940 draft card Cleveland, Ohio​

20.07.1943 entered service Cleveland, Ohio​

entered service 20.7.1943 Cleveland, Ohio​

01.1945 WIA​

01.1945 discharged hospital​

KIA near Wesel, Germany ​

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