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Personal info

Full name
SEIDEL, Arthur Leeroy
Date of birth
17 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Ruchville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33946578
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
Alzen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 12 12

Immediate family

Members
Leeroy M. Seidel (father)
Hattie M. (Muth) Seidel (mother)
Russel W. Seidel (brother)
Richard Seidel (brother)
Hilda M. Seidel (sister)
Doris J. Seidel (sister)
Annette Seidel (sister)
Dorothy M. (Sassaman) Seidel (wife)

More information

Pfc Arthur L. Seidel enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 1 June 1944 and received training at Camp Wheeler, Ga., and Fort Meade, Md., before being sent overseas. For six years prior to entering the service, Seidel was employed by the Trojan powder works. He was a member of the Mickleys Lutheran congregation.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File / 1940 Census, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, www.fold3.com - WWII Registration Card, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call