Birth | : | 22 Feb 1896 Sterling, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA |
Death | : | 4 Oct 1918 France |
Burial | : | Sterling Cemetery, Sterling, Johnson County, USA |
Coordinate | : | 40.4585991, -96.3582993 |
Plot | : | Block SE |
Inscription | : | died in France |
Description | : | Pvt George Henry Behrends was born in rural Johnson co, Nebraska in 1896. He was the oldest of eight children born to Heinrich (Henry) and Maggie (Boatsman) Behrends. Henry, along with his father, mother and seven siblings emigrated from Ostfriesland, Germany to the US in 1881 to escape the harsh economical and suppressive militaristic conditions of Germany. Ironically their son, George Henry, was killed fighting these same countrymen in the great war in 1918. Pvt Behrends was a soldier of machine gun co 335 Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces. |
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PVT George Henry Behrends's memorial is located at: Sterling Cemetery, Sterling, Johnson County, USA.
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PVT George Henry Behrends death on 4 Oct 1918 in France
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Latitude: 40.4585991
Longitude: -96.3582993
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