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Personal info

Full name
TEALE, David Allen
Date of birth
8 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Joliet, Will County, Illinois
Hometown
Hempstead, Nassau County, New York

Military service

Service number
12226928
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
South of Koblenz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 8 21

Immediate family

Members
Edwin W. Teale (father)
Nellie O. (Donovan) Teale (mother)

More information

Pfc David A. Teale attended high school for 4 years. He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in New York City, New York on 5 August 1943.

A memorial inscription has been made on the tombstone for his parents at North Cemetery, Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut.

Pfc David A. Teale was the son of Edwin Way Teale, a famous American publicist, naturalist, photographer and Pulitzer-price winner. On the picture he poses with his father.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Teale Family Tree / 1920/1930 Census, www.findagrave.com - Memorial marker

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, John Miethner, James Taylor