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Personal info

Full name
KEDELL, Albert J
Date of birth
30 July 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33187278
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
592nd Field Artillery Battalion,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
13 August 1945
Place of death
Namur, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 21 8

Immediate family

Members
John Kryscio (stepfather)
Veronica (Kasnikowski) Kryscio (mother)
Johnie Kedell (brother)
Veronica Kryscio (stepsister)
John Kryscio (stepbrother)
Sophie Kryscio (stepsister)
Florence Kryscio (stepsister)
Mary A. (Ceador) Kedell (wife)
Ann M. Kedell (daughter)

More information

Pvt Albert J. Kedell attended Minersville High School and was a miner.

He enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 29 July 1942 and first was assigned to the Army Air Corps with which he trained in Miami, Florida, Hondo and San Marcos, Texas. Later he was transferred to the ground forces.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - Pottsville Republican - 30 August 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Pottsville Republican - 30 August 1945