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Personal info

Full name
CREEL, Willie E
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Louisiana
Hometown
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
14016748
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
23rd Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Hünningen-Büllingen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 10 7

Immediate family

Members
Murphy Creel (father)
Lillie Creel (mother)
Sandy Creel (brother)
Wayne Creel (brother)
Lovie Creel (sister)
Bobbie Creel (brother)
Evelyn Creel (sister)
Wiley Creel (brother)
Osborn Creel (brother)
Eunice Creel (sister)
Ashirley Creel (sister)
Lilyan Creel (sister)

More information

Pvt Willie E. Creel joined the Regular Army in Jackson, Mississippi on 31 August 1940. He worked on a farm before he joined the army.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet