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Personal info

Full name
NEWELL, Freeman Wilson
Date of birth
6 March 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Cayuga, Vermillion County, Indiana
Hometown
Edgar County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36985428
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Near Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 11 25

Immediate family

Members
Ernest C. Newell (father)
Irena A. Newell (mother)
Winford Newell (brother)
Gladys Newell (sister)
Hartsel I. Newell (brother)
Ethel Newell (sister)
Fred Newell (brother)
Kermit Newell (brother)
Mary C. Newell (sister)
Myrtle A. Newell (sister)
Forest G. Newell (brother)
Wayne Newell (brother)

More information

Freeman W. Newell attended Cayuga High School, where he played football and basketball as well as sang in the school chorus.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com,
http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/507/507_honor_mo.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Cayuga High school yearbook, 1941