PVT Herbert W. Landwer 
1892-1964
US Army
WWI
Herbert Willis Landwer was born December 3, 1892 in Palatine, to John H. and Louisa Thies Landwer.
He was a Veteran of World War I, having served in Battery E, 10th Field Artillery, where he saw action with American Expeditionary Forces in Champagne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne and Champagne-Marne campaigns. He was honorably discharged as a Private on September 3, 1919.
Landwer married Sophia Hartjen on December 14, 1921, and they had two children before divorcing in 1935.
Through the years, he was employed as a carpenter, truck driver for the Illinois Highway Department, janitor at Hough Street School, and cemetery caretaker. Landwer accrued 43 years of service in the Barrington Volunteer Fire Department, and was a member of the VFW and American Legion posts in Barrington.
PVT Herbert Landwer died September 21, 1964 in his Barrington home, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Courtesy of Signal Hill Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution