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Personal info

Full name
PIENDEL, Henry Matthew
Date of birth
16 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Chicopee, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Chicopee, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31286934
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Messenger
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Siersdorf-Setterich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 17 4

Immediate family

Members
Kazimierz Piendel (father)
Frances Piendel (mother)
Jane Piendel (sister)

More information

Pfc Henry Piendel enlisted on 15 March 1943 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He joined his unit from a Replacement Depot on 20 July 1944 and was promoted to Private First Class on 12 August 1944.

Both his parents were born in Poland.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.facebook.com, Donna Simino