Albert Vincent Hammerberg
Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
4th Infantry Division
KIA 04/02/1945
Albert V. Hammerberg was born in
Carney, Menominee, Michigan
on November 9, 1917. (His enlistment record lists his birth year
as 1900.)
He enlisted in the Chemical
Warfare Service of the Army on December 28, 1939. His home of
residence was listed as
Black River, Michigan and his civilian occupation was listed as
Unskilled Occupations In Manufacture Of Miscellaneous
Electrical Equipment. He had completed two years of college and
his religion was listed as Protestant.
He was assigned to Headquarters
Company as a 641 Field Lineman from the 79th Reinforcement
Battalion
on February 14, 1945.
Private First Class Hammerberg
was killed in action in Germany in the vicinity of Bad
Mergentheim
on April 2, 1945.
Burial:
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
Saint-Avold
Departement de la Moselle
Lorraine, France
Plot D Row 25 Grave 43
Grave marker for Albert V. Hammerberg
Photo by Kevin from the Find A Grave website
Top photo of Albert Hammerberg by Ann-Kristin Ögren from Ancestry.com
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