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Personal info

Full name
DEVERELL, Henry John Jr
Date of birth
8 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36983768
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Petite-Langlire, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 6 23

Immediate family

Members
Henry J. Deverell (father)
Louise H. (Girard) Deverell (mother)
Robert G. Deverell (brother)
Drake A. Deverell (brother)
Gertrude Deverell (wife)
Edward H. Deverell (son)
Henry J. Deverell III (son)
William L. Deverell (son)

More information

Pvt Henry J. Deverell Jr. graduated from St. Paul of the Cross School, Maine Township High School, and Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois.

He enlisted on 1 June 1944 and arrived overseas on 18 December.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Joselyn's Tree / Birth Index, www.idaillinois.org, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.knox.edu/99lives - Photo courtesy of Knox College Seymour Library, Special Collections and Archives, Galesburg, Illinois