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Personal info

Full name
HATCHEL, Gordon Alexander
Date of birth
9 November 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas
Hometown
Guilford County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34776413
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 12 6

Immediate family

Members
Jessie G. Hatchel (father)
Cora (Frienschner) Hatchel (mother)
Virginia L. Hatchel (sister)
Emma L. Hatchel (sister)
Frances Hatchel (sister)
Nellie K. (Edwards) Hatchel (wife)
Wayne L. Hatchel (son)

More information

Sgt Gordon A. Hatchel enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 9 June 1943.

Sgt Gordon A. Hatchel was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com – Brad, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bundy Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspaperarchive.com - High Point Enterprise