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Personal info

Full name
ADEL, Irving B
Date of birth
6 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
39287464
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
Near Grammont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 47 23

Immediate family

Members
Alice B. (Futterman) Adel (mother)

More information

Pvt Irving B. Adel attended high school for 2 years and was a telegraph messenger before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 8 March 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cook County Illinois Birth Index, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy