George Gershon Herbst was born on March 22, 1922, in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Samuel Herbst and Nellie Berman Herbst.

SSgt Herbst was serving in the 309th Troop Carrier Squadron, 315th Troop Carrier Group, at the time of his death. He was a member of a five-man crew on a C-47A #42-93029 Skytrain cargo plane.

On September 21, 1944, after leaving the drop zone, the plane crashed. Herbst and his crewmates had just dropped off 15 Polish paratroopers south of Arnhem when flames started shooting from their C-47 plane. According to eyewitness accounts, the plane crashed and burned before anyone could escape.

In 1945 and 1946, Dutch citizens recovered some of the remains of the soldiers and buried them in a nearby cemetery. A few years later, U.S. military officials moved them to Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in Kentucky. Buried under a single stone are the remains of Herbst as well as his four crewmates: 1st Lt. Cecil W. Biggs of Teague, Texas; 1st Lt. William L. Pearce of San Antonio, Texas; 2nd Lt. Thomas R. Yenner of Kingston, Pa., and TSgt Abendschoen of York, T.X. SSgt Herbst's final resting place is in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

Source of information: http://arlingtoncemetery.net, www.americanairmuseum.com, https://monument.marketgarden.com, https://www.baltimoresun.com