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Personal info

Full name
CAPELS, John Gus
Date of birth
3 September 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38584090
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 October 1944
Place of death
Near Rambersvillers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 17 45

Immediate family

Members
Gust Capels (father)
Georgia (Pappas) Capels (mother)
James Capels (brother)
William Capels (brother)
Jane B. (Anderson) Capels (wife)
Gus J. Capels (son)
William Capels (son)

More information

Pvt John G. Capels attended high school for 2 years and was a cook before he enlisted in Santa Fe, New Mexico on 3 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New Mexico World War II Records / Capels Family Tree / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – Albuquerque Journal New Mexico - 19 January 1944