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Personal info

Full name
MULE, Vincent J
Date of birth
3 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16171986
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hotton, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 8 13

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Mule (father)
Josephine Mule (mother)
Joseph Mule (brother)
Angelo Mule (brother)
Grace Mule (sister)

More information

Pfc Vincent J. Mule attended Wright Junior College when he
enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 23 April 1943.

He wrote his parents two weeks before Christmas he was about to be sent into action.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://75thdivisiondad.com/kia_roster.htm#2, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Illinois, U.S. Federal Naturalization Records, www.newspapers.com - Chicago Daily Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Chicago Daily Tribune - 25 January 1945