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Personal info

Full name
SEIDEL, John
Date of birth
1903
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Germany
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32531433
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 September 1944
Place of death
North of Dinant, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 11 35

More information

Pfc John Seidel was a welder before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 16 October 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet