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Personal info

Full name
SETCHELL, Lewis Russell
Date of birth
20 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Bala, Riley County, Kansas
Hometown
Jackson County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39319311
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
21st Armored Infantry Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 1 18

Immediate family

Members
William A. Setchell (father)
Luella S. Setchell (mother)
Charles Setchell (brother)
Ellen C. Setchell (sister)
John Setchell (brother)
Evelyn E. Setchell (wife)

More information

Cpl Lewis R. Setchell worked on a farm before je enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 10 October 1942.

Cpl Lewis R. Setchell was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet