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Personal info

Full name
HAMEL, Arthur Alexander
Date of birth
27 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
11023733
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Gymnich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 5 63

Immediate family

Members
Arthur Hamel (father)
Mabel (Willett) Hamel (mother)
Delores Hamel (sister)

More information

Pvt Arthur A. Hamel joined the Regular Army in Manchester, New Hampshire on 30 June 1941. He was a lumberman before he joined the army.

Source of information: Aimee Fogg, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, www.ancestry.com - Public Member Photos